Neville Quinn

Neville Quinn

Cricket information
Batting	Left-hand bat
Bowling	Left-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	South African
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 12 51 Runs scored 90 438 Batting average 6.00 9.12 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 28 32 Balls bowled 2922 11055 Wickets 35 186 Bowling average 32.71 20.78 5 wickets in innings 1 12 10 wickets in match 0 3 Best bowling 6/92 8/37 Catches/stumpings 1/- 10/-
Source: Cricinfo

Neville Anthony Quinn (21 February 1908 in Tweefontein, South Africa - 5 August 1934 in Kenilworth, South Africa) was a cricketer, and brother of Michael, who played first-class cricket for Rhodesia.

Quinn played first-class cricket for Griqualand West and Transvaal, and played 12 Test matches for South Africa. Principally a bowler, he made his Test debut on the tour to England in 1929. He found the bowling conditions of a dry English summer suited his swing bowling, and played in four of the five Tests. He took 6-92 in England's first innings in the 3rd Test at Headingley, the only 5-wicket haul in his short Test career, and came second in the tourists' bowling averages behind Tuppy Owen-Smith.

Quinn played in one Test of the series at home against England in 1930-31, the drawn 3rd Test at Durban which was dominated by the English bowlers, and then toured to Australia and New Zealand in 1931-32, also finishing second in the tourists' bowling averages, this time behind Sandy Bell. It is said that Donald Bradman rated him highly: he dismissed the great Australian batsman for only 2 in the 3rd Test in Melbourne, the only time that Bradman was out for less than 100 in that series.

The matches on the Australasian tour proved to his last Test cricket. He died suddenly at the age of 26 near Kimberley.

References

• Neville Quinn at ESPNcricinfo