[1] He was the older brother of Dan Reese, who captained the New Zealand cricket team from 1907 to 1914.

[5] Tom played irregularly over two decades for Canterbury, batting low in the order.

[7] A spectacular catch he took in his first first-class match established his reputation: Niven sent Dunlop hard to leg, and Reese, running along the boundary for some twenty or thirty yards, took a headlong dive, and was next seen at full length on the ground with his left arm extended just clear of the turf, and the ball held, to the surprise of the whole field.

[8]Reese was a prominent batsman in Christchurch club cricket; in the 1906–07 season, playing for St Albans, he was the only player in the competition to score three centuries.

He died at his home in the Christchurch suburb of Merivale in April 1949, aged 81.