William Quee

William Quee
Personal information
Full name Robert William Quee
Born (1877-09-02)2 September 1877
Wellington, New Zealand
Died 25 February 1920(1920-02-25) (aged 42)
Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1899-00 to 1904-05 Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 189
Batting average 10.50
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 51
Balls bowled 12
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 August 2018

Robert William Quee (2 September 1877 – 25 February 1920) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1899 to 1904.

William "Billy" Quee was a batsman who played for Midland in the Wellington competition. He was selected to play for Wellington in December 1899 after consistent batting and safe fielding in club cricket.[1] On his first-class debut against Canterbury he scored 31 and 51, top-scoring in Wellington's second innings when he played "very forcibly", but Canterbury won by one wicket.[2][3]

He was unable to maintain this form, and although he was a regular member of the Wellington team for the next five years, he seldom again reached double-figures. He remained prominent in Wellington club cricket. In 1901-02 he made the highest score in the Wellington senior club season, 174.[4] In one club match he scored 11 runs off one hit: eight run by the batsmen and three overthrows.[5]

Excessive drinking led him into trouble with the law in Wellington in 1915.[6] He later moved to the Orongorongo region and then to Hawera, where he worked as a signwriter. He died at his home in Hawera of pneumonia at the age of 42.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Our representative team". Evening Post. 20 December 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Wellington v Canterbury 1899-00". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Cricket: Wellington v. Canterbury". New Zealand Times. 26 December 1899. p. 3. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cricket". Evening Post. 15 March 1902. p. 6. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "General gossip". New Zealand Truth. 15 February 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Magistrate's Court". Evening Post. 25 March 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Inquest". Hawera & Normanby Star. 26 February 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cricket". Free Lance. 10 March 1920. p. 29. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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