William Hamilton Reid (25 July 1893 — 17 January 1949) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | William Hamilton Reid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 July 1893 Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 1949 (aged 55) Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1923 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ "No. 30060". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 May 1917. p. 4475.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Reid". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Ireland v Scotland, 1923". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "No. 15387". The Edinburgh Gazette. 14 May 1937. p. 433.