Michael Stevens Reith (born 2 May 1948) is a former Irish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Michael Stevens Reith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1948 Lurgan, Northern Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1970–1980 | Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 November 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reith was born at Lurgan in May 1948, and was educated there at Lurgan College.[1] Playing his club cricket for Waringstown,[1] Reith made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Perth in 1970.[2] He played first-class cricket for Ireland from 1970–1980, playing in nine first-class matches.[2] He scored a total of 346 runs across his nine matches, with a batting average of 21.62, with a high score of 82.[3] This score, which was one of two first-class half centuries he made, came on debut in 1970.[4] In July 1980, Reith played in Ireland's first-ever List A match against Middlesex in the Gillette Cup at Lord's.[5] Opening the batting alongside Jack Short, Reith became the first Irishman to be dismissed for a duck in List A cricket, when he was dismissed first ball by Wayne Daniel.[6] Outside of cricket, he worked as a manager in the leisure industry.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Player profile: Michael Stevens Reith". CricketEurope. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Michael Reith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Reith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland, 1970". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "List A Matches played by Michael Reith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Middlesex v Ireland, 1980 Gillette Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 November 2018.