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Robert Neill (cricketer)

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Batting style
  
Right-handed

1889-90 to 1905-06
  
Auckland

Bowling style
  
Leg-spin

Born
  
20 January 1864 (
1864-01-20
)
Greenock, Scotland

Died
  
27 August 1930(1930-08-27) (aged 66) Auckland, New Zealand

Robert Neill (20 January 1864 – 27 August 1930) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Auckland between 1889 and 1906.

Neill grew up in Britain, then migrated to New Zealand, where he became a grain merchant in Auckland. His wife Nina predeceased him. They had one daughter.

A leg-spin bowler who usually opened the bowling, Neill took 9 for 75 in the first innings against Canterbury in 1891-92, in his second first-class match. He played for New Zealand in two matches in 1896-97: the loss to the Australians and the victory over the touring Queensland team.

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