# Basil Reed

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{{short description|English cricketer and Royal Navy officer}}
{{for|the Australian cricketer|Basil Reid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = 
|               image = 
|             country = England
|            fullname =	Basil Duck Reed
|          birth_date = 8 November 1895
|         birth_place = [Malmesbury](/source/Malmesbury), [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1968|10|12|1895|11|8}}
|         death_place = [Wroughton](/source/Wroughton), Wiltshire, England
|            nickname = 
|              family = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [medium](/source/Seam_bowling)
|                role = 
|               club1 = [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1921–1923
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 1
|               runs1 = 8
|            bat avg1 = 8.00
|           100s/50s1 = –/–
|          top score1 = 8[*](/source/not_out)
|         deliveries1 = 96
|            wickets1 = 1
|           bowl avg1 = 83.00
|            fivefor1 = –
|             tenfor1 = –
|       best bowling1 = 1/56
|  catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
|                date = 28 June 
|                year = 2019
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19627.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Basil Duck Reed''' (8 November 1895 – 12 October 1968) was an [English](/source/English_people) first-class [cricket](/source/cricket)er and [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) officer.

Reed was born in November 1895 at [Malmesbury, Wiltshire](/source/Malmesbury%2C_Wiltshire). He began serving in the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy) in July 1913 as a [clerk](/source/clerk),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/94313578 |title=Navy lists (1913) |publisher=National Library of Scotland |accessdate=2019-06-28}}</ref> before becoming a [paymaster](/source/Supply_officer_(Royal_Navy)). He was serving as a [sub lieutenant](/source/Sub-lieutenant) assistant-paymaster in December 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30413|date=4 December 1917|page=12686}}</ref> He made a single appearance in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy_Cricket_Club) against the [British Army cricket team](/source/British_Army_cricket_team) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's) in 1921.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32295/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Basil Reed |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, Reed ended the Royal Navy first-innings [not out](/source/not_out) on 8, while in their second-innings he was dismissed [without scoring](/source/duck_(cricket)) by [Tom Jameson](/source/Tom_Jameson). He took a single wicket in the match, dismissing [Francis Brooke](/source/Francis_Brooke_(cricketer%2C_born_1884)) in the Army's first-innings, finishing with match figures of 1 for 83.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10158.html |title=Army v Royal Navy, 1921 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He made his debut in [minor counties cricket](/source/Minor_Counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) for [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Dorset](/source/Dorset_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1921 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship), and made three further appearances in 1923.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32295/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Basil Reed |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-06-28 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was promoted from the rank of [lieutenant commander](/source/Lieutenant_commander_(Royal_Navy)) to paymaster [commander](/source/Commander_(Royal_Navy)) in January 1935,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34120|date=1 January 1935|page=59}}</ref> retaining that rank until at least August 1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/92705214?mode=transcription |title=Navy lists (1939) |publisher=National Library of Scotland |accessdate=2019-06-28}}</ref> He died in October 1968 at [Wroughton, Wiltshire](/source/Wroughton).

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=19627}}

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Category:1895 births
Category:1968 deaths
Category:Sportspeople from Malmesbury
Category:Royal Navy officers
Category:Royal Navy personnel of World War I
Category:English cricketers
Category:Royal Navy cricketers
Category:Wiltshire cricketers
Category:Royal Navy logistics officers
Category:Cricketers from Wiltshire
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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