Quentin Durward Neill (16 April 1866 – 9 August 1901) was a Scottish

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who made 59 appearances in

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for Lincoln City. He played as a

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. Before moving to England he played for Queen's Park in Scotland.

Life and career

Neill was born in

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, he was younger brother to

Robert W. Neill Robert Walker Neill (11 September 1853 – 19 August 1928)

who went on to captain

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in 1880. He played football for Queen's ParkNeill, Quintin Dick
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, 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

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. He scored three goals, two in the Midland League and one in the

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. The 1891

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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.''1891 UK Census'' piece RG12/2589, folio 146, page 54. Accessed vi
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Neill had a benefit match in 1895 against

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and by the end of the year he had emigrated to South Africa to set up business, and when the

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broke out he became a Trooper with the

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hospital due to a fever.

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References

1866 births 1901 deaths Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Queen's Park F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Midland Football League players English Football League players British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British military personnel killed in the Second Boer War {{Scotland-footy-defender-1860s-stub