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William Quee

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William Quee
Personal information
Full name
Robert William Quee
Born(1877-09-02)2 September 1877
Wellington, New Zealand
Died25 February 1920(1920-02-25) (aged 42)
Hāwera, Taranaki, New Zealand
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1899-00 to 1904-05Wellington
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 Quee into trouble with the law in Wellington in 1915.[6] He later moved to the Ōrongorongo region and then to Hāwera, where he worked as a signwriter. He died at his home in Hāwera of pneumonia at the age of 42.[7][8]

References

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  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.
  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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