[1] Reid was born in Cape Town and educated there at Diocesan College.
[2] A right-handed batsman, he played in five Currie Cup finals for Western Province, all of them against Transvaal.
[1] His only first-class century was 101 not out against Griqualand West in 1906–07, when Western Province scored 509 off 91.4 overs and went on to win by an innings and 359 runs.
[4] He was also selected to tour England in 1904, but was unavailable and was replaced by his Western Province teammate Stanley Horwood.
[5] Reid's younger brother Norman played in one Test for South Africa in 1921.