Keith Reid (rugby union)

Keith Howard Reid (25 May 1904 — 24 May 1972) was a New Zealand international rugby union player.^[1]

Keith Reid

Full name	Keith Howard Reid
Date of birth	(1904-05-25)25 May 1904
Place of birth	Clareville, New Zealand
Date of death	24 May 1972(1972-05-24) (aged 67)
Place of death	Masterton, New Zealand
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1920–35 Wairarapa 91 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1929 New Zealand 2 (0)

Born in Clareville, Reid was capped twice by the All Blacks as a hooker on their 1929 tour of Australia. He played the 1st Test at the Sydney Sports Ground and the 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, partnering Anthony Cottrell up front.^[2]

Reid won his All Blacks selection from Carterton and also played club rugby with Petone.^[2]

A Wairarapa stalwart, Reid was in the side that claimed the Ranfurly Shield for the first time in 1927, ending the five-year reign of Hawke's Bay, then served as the union's president through the 1950s.^[3]

See also

• List of New Zealand national rugby union players

References

1. "All Blacks Here This Week". Daily Standard. 16 July 1929. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Keith Reid's Record". Feilding Star. 4 October 1932.
3. "Keith Reid #365". stats.allblacks.com.

External links

• Keith Reid at ESPNscrum