Robert Neill (20 January 1864 – 27 August 1930) was a New Zealand

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er who played

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for

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between 1889 and 1906.

Life and career

Neill grew up in Britain, then migrated to New Zealand, where he became a grain merchant in

. At the time of his death aged 66 in August 1930 he was chairman of the United Permanent Building and Investment Society. 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

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in 1891–92, in his second first-class match. He played for

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in two matches in 1896-97: the loss to

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and the victory over the touring

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team. He again took nine wickets in an innings in 1897–98, 9 for 86 in the first innings of Auckland's loss to Canterbury. When the cricket historian Tom Reese compiled his history of early New Zealand cricket, ''New Zealand Cricket, 1841–1914'', in 1927, he selected a 14-man team of the best New Zealand cricketers of the period from 1860 to 1914. Neill was one of those selected.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neill, Robert 1864 births 1930 deaths Auckland cricketers Cricketers from Greenock New Zealand cricketers Pre-1930 New Zealand representative cricketers New Zealand businesspeople British emigrants to New Zealand