Reginald John Read (8 June 1886 – 1 March 1974) was a New Zealand medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1904–05 to 1937–38.

Read made his first-class debut in Christchurch against the Australians at the age of 18 in February 1905, batting at number 11 and bowling only one over.

[8] No one bettered Read's Plunket Shield tally of 19 wickets in 1926–27,[9] but at 40 he was overlooked when the team for New Zealand's first tour of England in 1927 was chosen.

[3] Without him, Canterbury won the Plunket Shield in 1934–35, but then did not win a match in 1935–36 or 1936–37, and for the 1937–38 season they brought Read back to open the bowling again at the age of 51.

[3] He died in his sleep at his nursing home in the Christchurch suburb of Mount Pleasant in March 1974, aged 87.