Career
He played 27 matches for the All Blacks including nine internationals. Affiliating to Ngāti Porou, Reid represented New Zealand Māori between 1931 and 1949. In a long first-class career from 1929 to 1952, he played 157 games, which was then a New Zealand record.
Between 1952 and 1954, Reid served as a New Zealand Māori selector.