The Waringstown man played cricket internationally for Ireland, including when they famously beat the West Indies in 1969 and was also a former director of Irish League side Glenavon.

Also playing cricket for Waringstown and North Down, Mr Reith played for Ireland between 1970 to 1980, making 44 appearances, scoring almost 2,000 runs and making 41 catches.

His debut for Ireland came on what has been described as one of the most momentous days in the history of Irish cricket – July 2, 1969 – when the West Indies were bowled out for 25 and Ireland passed their total and declared at 125-8.

On that day Mr Reith – a then 21-year-old – made his debut as a replacement for Dermot Monteith who was unavailable for business reasons.

Speaking about the moment to the Belfast Telegraph in 2004, he e

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