Jack Reece

Albert Jack Reece (1927 10 September 1966) was a New Zealand hockey player and cricketer, and umpire at both sports.

Jack Reece
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Full name
Albert Jack Reece
Born1927
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died10 September 1966 (aged 3839)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Source: Cricinfo, 20 October 2020

Reece played hockey for Canterbury from 1946 to 1956, and represented New Zealand in 1948. He later became a hockey umpire, officiating in a Test between New Zealand and Pakistan in 1958.[1]

Reece played in one first-class match for Canterbury in 1947/48.[2][3] He umpired eight first-class matches, all of them at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, between 1959 and 1962.[4]

Illness deprived him of his sight in the early 1960s, and he died in September 1966, aged 39.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Mr. J. Reece Dead". Press: 18. 13 September 1966.
  2. "Jack Reece". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. "Jack Reece". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. "Jack Reece as Umpire in First-Class Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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