William Reid (Scottish cricketer)

William Hamilton Reid (25 July 1893 — 17 January 1949) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.

William Reid
Personal information
Full name
William Hamilton Reid
Born25 July 1893
Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died17 January 1949(1949-01-17) (aged 55)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1923Scotland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0*
Balls bowled 171
Wickets 4
Bowling average 13.00
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 4/29
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 July 2022

Reid was born at Uddingston in July 1893, where he was educated at Uddingston Grammar School. He in the First World War with the Scottish Rifles, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in April 1917.[1] A club cricketer for Uddingston Cricket Club, Reid was selected to play for Scotland in a first-class cricket match against Ireland at Dublin in 1923.[2] Playing as an off break bowler in the Scottish side, he took figures of 4 for 29 in the Irish first innings, but went wicketless as they followed-on in their second innings. From the tail he was dismissed without scoring in the Scottish first innings by William Pollock, and was unbeaten on 0 in their second innings.[3] Outside of cricket, Reid was a coal agent and shipper.[4] He died in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow in January 1949.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 30060". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1917. p. 4475.
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Reid". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Ireland v Scotland, 1923". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  4. ^ "No. 15387". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 May 1937. p. 433.
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