Kevin Joseph Quinn (14 March 1923 – 1 May 2002) was an Irish first-class cricketer and rugby union international.
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| Full name | Kevin Joseph Quinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 1923 Gort, Connacht, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 May 2002 (aged 79) Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frank Quinn (brother) Gerry Quinn (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1959 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born at Gort in County Galway, Quinn was educated at Belvedere College in Dublin, before studying medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons.[1] While studying there, he played rugby union for Old Belvedere and won five Test caps for Ireland.[1] The first of these came against France in the 1947 Five Nations Championship.[2] A further Test that year against Australia followed at Lansdowne Road, before earning three further caps in the 1953 Five Nations Championship.[3]
Playing club cricket for Phoenix in Dublin, Quinn later made his debut in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland in 1957 at College Park, Dublin.[4] He made two further first-class appearances for Ireland, in 1958 against Scotland at Alloway, and Leicestershire at Leicester on Ireland's 1959 tour of England.[4] He scored 49 runs across his three matches, with a top score of 25.[5] He worked as a doctor outside of sports.[1] Two of his brothers, Frank Quinn and Gerry Quinn, both played cricket for Ireland;[1] additionally, Gerry also played international rugby union for Ireland. Quinn died at Dublin in May 2002.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Kevin Joseph Quinn". CricketEurope. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Kevin Quinn". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Kevin Quinn - match by match list". ESPNscrum. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Kevin Quinn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kevin Quinn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Obituaries". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. 2003. Retrieved 8 July 2024 – via ESPNcricinfo.