Reith was born on 2 May 1948 in
Lurgan, and was educated there at
Lurgan College. Playing his club cricket for
Waringstown, He played nine matches of first-class cricket for Ireland between 1970 and 1980. This score, which was one of two first-class half centuries he made, came on debut in 1970. In July 1980, Reith played in Ireland's first-ever
List A match against
Middlesex in the
Gillette Cup at
Lord's.
Opening the batting alongside
Jack Short, Reith became the first Irishman to be dismissed for a
duck in List A cricket, when he was dismissed first ball by
Wayne Daniel. Outside of cricket, he worked as a manager in the
leisure industry, specifically for the Banbridge Area Council. ==References==