| William Quee | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Robert William Quee |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Hāwera, Taranaki, New Zealand |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Wellington |
| Year1: | 1899-00 to 1904-05 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 10 |
| Runs1: | 189 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/2 |
| Top Score1: | 51 |
| Deliveries1: | 12 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Date: | 23 August 2018 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38956.html Cricinfo |
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 scored31 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]