Bernard Charlton "Bunny" Reid (12 July 1910 – 11 September 1976) was a South Africa

South Africa

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n international rugby union

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 player.

Reid grew up in Port Elizabeth where he attended Grey High School

Grey High School

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 but was from East London originally. He played his early rugby at East London club Cambridge and competed for Border

Border Bulldogs

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 provincially. He was capped for the first and only time in a Test match

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 against Australia

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 at Port Elizabeth in 1933, as a full-back.

During the 1930s, Reid was also a competent cricket

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er and played two first-class

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 matches for the Border cricket team

Border cricket team

Border cricket team is the team representing the Border province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in March 1898....

. The first was against Natal in the 1934/35 Currie Cup

SuperSport Series

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 and the second against Western Province

Western Province cricket team

Western Province cricket team is the team representing Western Cape province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa. The team began playing in January 1890 and its main venue has always been Newlands in Cape Town.-Honours:...

 in the same competition, two seasons later. Reid, who played as a right handed lower order batsman, also had a younger brother named Seymour who later played cricket for Border.