Sport
Tributes flow for ‘visionary’ cricketer and administrator John F Reid – Stuff.co.nz
Reid, who died this week aged 64, has been described as “classy”, a “gentleman” and one of the “finest batsmen and servants of the game”.
John F Reid, the accomplished left-handed batsman and later cricket administrator, has remembered by his peers as a dependable team-mate who was a great player of spin bowling.
Reid, who played 19 tests for New Zealand scoring 1296 runs at an average of 46.28, including six centuries and then went on to have a career as an administrator, has been described as classy, a gentleman, a visionary and one of the finest batsmen and servants of the game.
The Black Caps have worn black arm bands on the…
-
Noosa News23 hours agoMeet Chad Burgess, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party
-
General22 hours agoTyler Wright soaks up Bells Beach return as poor conditions at Rip Curl Pro sees men’s opening round called off
-
Noosa News23 hours agoWestern Queensland graziers begin grim stock count after catastrophic floods
-
General21 hours agoTruck driver charged with causing death by dangerous driving after highway crash