[1] In the First World War he served in South-West Africa with the Imperial Light Horse before transferring to the Royal Field Artillery in France.

[2] Reid was a lower-order batsman, right-arm bowler and brilliant fieldsman who played first-class cricket for Western Province from 1920 to 1923.

He took 4 for 52 and 1 for 21 and made 25 runs for once out when Western Province lost to the touring Australians at Newlands in November 1921.

[3] He was selected for the Third and final Test that began on the same ground four days later and made 17 runs and took two wickets.

[1] Later research by Brian Bassano and David Frith revealed that Reid was murdered by his wife who suffered from mental health problems and later took her own life.