Buddy Reid attended St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and the University of Colombo, where he studied medicine.
[3] 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.
[4] Reid and his wife Peace and their daughter and son moved to Australia in the 1970s, where he continued to practise medicine.
[7] He added the World Over-75 doubles title in Las Vegas in 2018, when he teamed with Australian team-mate Igor Klaf.
[9][10] Since at least 2009, Reid has been a tutor of medical students in the Monash University Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.