Barclay George "Buddy" Reid (born 4 November 1940) is a former cricketer who played
first-class cricket
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for
Ceylon
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in the 1960s. He is also an international
table tennis
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player and a medical doctor. He migrated to Australia in the 1970s.
Life in Ceylon
Buddy Reid attended
St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and the
University of Colombo
The University of Colombo (informally Colombo University or UoC) is a Public University, public research university located primarily in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is the oldest institution of modern higher education in Sri Lanka. Specialised in t ...
, where he studied medicine. He made his first-class debut for the Ceylon Board President's XI in a
Gopalan Trophy match against
Madras
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in March 1964, batting at number three and scoring 46 (the innings top score) and 22 in a six-wicket victory.
He played in most of Ceylon's matches for the next six years, usually opening the batting and occasionally bowling leg-breaks. He was selected to tour England with
the Ceylon team in 1968, but the tour was cancelled just before it was due to begin.
He captained Ceylon against
MCC in 1968–69, making his highest score, 50 not out, in the second innings. The previous season he had taken his best bowling figures, 4 for 19, for Ceylon Transport Board in the
Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament.
Life in Australia
Reid and his wife Peace and their daughter and son moved to Australia in the 1970s, where he continued to practise medicine.
[
Reid also represented Ceylon and Australia at table tennis.]Sri Lanka Cricket
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, to honour them for their services before Sri Lanka became a full member of the International Cricket Council
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(ICC).[
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1940 births
Living people
All-Ceylon cricketers
Alumni of S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia
Alumni of the University of Colombo
Sri Lankan emigrants to Australia
Australian male table tennis players
People from British Ceylon
20th-century Sri Lankan physicians
Sri Lankan table tennis players
20th-century Australian sportsmen