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Basil Duck Reed (8 November 1895 – 12 October 1968) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

Reed was born in November 1895 at Malmesbury, Wiltshire. He began serving in the Royal Navy in July 1913 as a clerk, before becoming a paymaster. He was serving as a sub lieutenant assistant-paymaster in December 1917. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1921. Batting twice in the match, Reed ended the Royal Navy first-innings not out on 8, while in their second-innings he was dismissed without scoring by Tom Jameson. He took a single wicket in the match, dismissing Francis Brooke in the Army's first-innings, finishing with match figures of 1 for 83. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Wiltshire against Dorset in the 1921 Minor Counties Championship, and made three further appearances in 1923. He was promoted from the rank of lieutenant commander to paymaster commander in January 1935, retaining that rank until at least August 1939. He died in October 1968 at Wroughton, Wiltshire.

References

1. "Navy lists (1913)". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
2. "No. 30413". The London Gazette. 4 December 1917. p. 12686.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Basil Reed". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
4. "Army v Royal Navy, 1921". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
5. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Basil Reed". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
6. "No. 34120". The London Gazette. 1 January 1935. p. 59.
7. "Navy lists (1939)". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

External links

• Basil Reed at ESPNcricinfo

• 1895 births
• 1968 deaths
• Sportspeople from Malmesbury
• Royal Navy officers
• Royal Navy personnel of World War I
• English cricketers
• Royal Navy cricketers
• Wiltshire cricketers
• Royal Navy logistics officers
• Cricketers from Wiltshire