Quentin Neill

Quentin Durward Neill[lower-alpha 1] (16 April 1866 – 9 August 1901) was a Scottish footballer who made 59 appearances in the Football League for Lincoln City. He played as a right back. Before moving to England he played for Queen's Park in Scotland.[2]

Quentin Neill
Personal information
Full name Quentin Durward Neill[lower-alpha 1]
Date of birth (1866-04-16)16 April 1866[4]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 9 August 1901(1901-08-09) (aged 35)[1]
Place of death Durban, South Africa
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Queen's Park 0 (0)
1888–1895 Lincoln City 119 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Neill was born in Glasgow, he was younger brother to Robert W. Neill who went on to captain Scotland in 1880.[4] He played football for Queen's Park[5] before moving to England where he joined Lincoln City.[2] He made his debut in December 1888 in the Combination, and played regularly over the next six years as the club won the Midland League title in its inaugural season, played in the Football Alliance, and was invited to join the newly formed Second Division of the Football League. He scored three goals, two in the Midland League[1] and one in the FA Cup.[6]

The 1891 Census records Neill working as an accountant and lodging in the St Botolph's parish of Lincoln, in the household of former Lincoln City footballer Jack Strawson, also an accountant.[3]

Neill had a benefit match in 1895 against Burnley and by the end of the year he had emigrated to South Africa to set up business, and when the Boer War broke out he became a Trooper with the Driscoll's Scouts.[4] Neill died in 1901,[1] in a Durban hospital due to a fever.[4]

Notes
  1. The Lincoln City FC Archive and Michael Joyce's Football League Players' Records list his name as Quentin Durward Neill,[1][2] but the 1891 Census entry names him Quintin Dick Neill.[3]

References
  1. "Quentin Neill". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 13 March 2013. Appearances per season are sourced via the Season Stats dropdown menu at the bottom right of this page. The site is partly subscription-based, but only free-access sections are used for reference. If pop-up login dialogue boxes appear, press the "Cancel" button to proceed.
  2. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. 1891 UK Census piece RG12/2589, folio 146, page 54. Accessed via FreeCEN.
  4. "The Scotland captain who disappeared". scottishsportshistory.com. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  5. Neill, Quintin Dick, QPFC.com
  6. "Appearances – the FA Cup". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.