Country: | Ireland |
Fullname: | Kevin Joseph Quinn |
Birth Date: | 14 March 1923 |
Birth Place: | Gort, Connacht, Ireland |
Death Place: | Dublin, Leinster, Ireland |
Family: | Frank Quinn (brother) Gerry Quinn (brother) |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox |
Club1: | Ireland |
Year1: | 1957 - 1959 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 49 |
Bat Avg1: | 9.80 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 25 |
Deliveries1: | 12 |
Wickets1: | 0 |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 23 October |
Year: | 2018 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24502.html Cricinfo |
Kevin Joseph Quinn (14 March 1923 - 1 May 2002) was an Irish first-class cricketer and rugby union international.
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]