The Blues veteran celebrated the milestone in a clash last Saturday against the Orange Tigers - a milestone he never thought he would achieve.

In fact, while the Reid name is now synonymous with AFL in Cowra, he never took up the sport until he was 20 years old in 1995.

"It's a milestone that I never thought I would reach, that's why it was such a big deal to me on Saturday," Reid said.

"I remember seeing Geoff [Day] get there some years back... and it was kind of a pipe dream.

"Then 2017, I was going to play my last game with the Blues because I was moving down to the South Coast, and I got a pretty bad eye injury out of that game and kind of said, "well that will do me".

"It's a big surprise that I actually did get there in the end, it was hard work."

While he has spent the last 25 years kicking goals alongside names like Geoff Day and Frank Bright, Reid says he never used Mulyan Oval for its intended purpose as a kid.

"I was only a young fella, I lived in that area my whole life. We used it as a bike track and used it to play golf on," he said.

"Then I moved to the other side of town and one of my best mates at the time, Tom Devlin, he said come and have a game of AFL.

"I went, 'what the hell is AFL?'"

Reid then took to the field for his first game in the reserve side against Coonabarabran.

"I had to buy some socks and some shorts because they didn't have shorts back then, only jumpers," he said.

"Kicked a couple of goals and from the next game, I played first grade for the rest of my life, except for a reserve games when we were short."

Looking at his milestone game, Reid said he used the occasion tactically by feeding as much ball to Frank Bright as possible.

The planned worked with Bright kicking 11 goals on the day.

"My role on Saturday I took upon me was to try and get Frank a bag of goals," he said.

"It was my milestone, they probably expected the ball to come to me a little bit, I dragged them away when I could to give Frank that open space.

"He probably should have kicked 15," he joked.

Unfortunately a calf strain following last week's game means he won't be taking to the field in Bathurst but instead the focus is on his kids who have also taken up the sport.

"Sarah [Taylor] played as a little kid... now she's back for the Bathurst Giants, they won the grand final last year and they seem to be doing ok this year," Reid said.

"Bradley's [Reid] always played... he's playing well, had a great second half, fed me a lot of ball in the second half last week."

Despite a move for work and a few injuries, Reid says fitness and a desire to give back to the club keeps him going.

"I'm 46 in a few months' time and I'm one of those guys that kind of doesn't want to stop. Once I stop, I reckon that will be it, it will be just golf and bowls," he said.

"I think the other thing is the passion for the club for me, I feel like I owe them a little bit.

"I lost my Mum in 1998 and Nan in 1995 when I first started playing football and the footy club was like a second family to me. They rallied around me, Geoff and the boys especially."

And while he can't put a number on it, as long as his body holds out, Reid will don the dark blue.

"[I'm] trying to give a little bit back while I still can, because there's going to come a time, any year now, where I won't be able to pull the boots on. I don't want to play if I'm not going to be useful," he said.

"As long as the body lets me play, I'll play."