Kevin Quinn (sportsman)
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Full name | Kevin Joseph Quinn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 March 1923 Gerry Quinn (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1957–1959 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2018 |
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
Gerry Quinn, both played cricket for Ireland;[1] additionally, Gerry also played international rugby union for Ireland. Quinn died at Dublin in May 2002.[citation needed
]
References
- ^ 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.