Curtis Reid (cricketer)
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Full name | Curtis Alexander Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Inverary Park, near Bungonia, New South Wales, Australia | 16 July 1836||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 July 1886 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia | (aged 49)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm (unknown style) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1869/70–1870/71 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 24 February 1870 Victoria v New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 9 March 1871 Victoria v New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tests umpired | 1 (1877) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 5 November 2011 |
Curtis Alexander Reid (16 July 1836 – 1 July 1886) was an Australian cricketer and umpire who umpired the historic first Test match.
Family[]
Reid married Sophie Dight (1843—1923) on 14 August 1862.[1] Their son, Curtis Arthur Reid (1876–1912),[2] a surveyor, played Australian rules football at the highest level in Perth (with Rovers Football Club and East Fremantle Football Club) and in Melbourne (with Melbourne Football Club).
Life and career[]
Reid umpired the inaugural Test between Australia and England in Melbourne on 15 to 19 March 1877. His umpiring colleague was Ben Terry.
Earlier, as a player, Reid was a left-hand batsman and right-arm bowler who played three matches for Victoria from 1869 to 1871. He took 16 wickets at an average of 10.87, with figures of 6 for 64 and 6 for 5 against Tasmania in 1870-71.[3] Less successful with the bat, he scored 12 runs in 5 innings.
He was a winemaker, producing wine at Tarrawingee, Victoria, under the Reidsdale label, until 1874.[4]
Reid was appointed secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club in 1878, the club's first secretary to be paid.[5][6] He was also one of the first cricket journalists in Australia.[7]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Whittaker, David Maxwell. "Reid, Curtis Alexander (1838–1886)". ADB. Retrieved 29 August 2018.; "Marriages". The Argus: 4. 26 August 1862. Retrieved 29 August 2018.; Deaths: Reid, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 December 1923), p.13.
- ^ Births: Reid, The Australasian, Saturday, 8 April 1876), p.25; Marriages: Reid—Tullidge, The Argus, (Saturday, 10 December 1904), p.13; Deaths: Reid, The Darling Downs Gazette, (Thursday, 16 May 1912), p.4.
- ^ "Victoria v Tasmania, 1870/71". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Sales by Auction". The Argus: 5. 15 January 1874.
- ^ "MCC Chronology and Membership growth" (PDF). Melbourne Cricket Club. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ 'Scout', "Cricket Notes", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 29 March 1879), p.5.
- ^ "Our Melbourne Letter". Ovens and Murray Advertiser: 2. 10 July 1886. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
External links[]
- Australian Test cricket umpires
- Australian cricketers
- Victoria cricketers
- 1836 births
- 1886 deaths
- Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers
- Cricketers from New South Wales
- Australian winemakers