William Quee

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 Quee
Personal information
Full nameRobert William Quee
Born(1877-09-02)2 September 1877
Wellington, New Zealand
Died25 February 1920(1920-02-25) (aged 42)
Hawera, 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

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.
  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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