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Curtis Alexander Reid (16 July 1836 – 1 July 1886) was an Australian
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who umpired the historic first Test match in Melbourne in 1877.


Family

Reid was born to Scottish immigrants Lieutenant-Doctor David Reid, RN, and his wife Agnes ''née'' Dyce. His brothers included pastoralists and politicians
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and
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. Reid married Sophie Dight (1843–1923) on 14 August 1862. Their son, Curtis Arthur Reid (1876–1912), a
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, played
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at the highest level in Perth (with Rovers Football Club and
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) and in Melbourne (with
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).


Life and career

Reid umpired the inaugural Test between
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in
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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
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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
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in 1870–71. 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. Reid was appointed secretary of the
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in 1878, the club's first secretary to be paid. He was also one of the first cricket journalists in Australia.


See also

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List of Test cricket umpires __NOTOC__ This is a list of umpire (cricket), cricket umpires who have officiated at least one men's Test cricket, Test match. As of June 2025, 500 umpires have officiated in a Test match. Current members of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, Emirate ...
*
List of Victoria first-class cricketers This is a list of Victoria first-class cricketers. The Victoria cricket team have played first-class cricket since 1851, when they played the Tasmania cricket team at Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston. Below is a chronological list of cricketers t ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Curtis Australian Test cricket umpires 19th-century Australian sportsmen Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers 1836 births 1886 deaths Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from New South Wales Australian winemakers Australian people of Scottish descent People from the Southern Tablelands People from the Colony of Victoria Sportsmen from Victoria (state)