About: Archie McQuilken

Archibald Lynn McQuilken (30 September 1933 – 16 October 1985) was an Irish first-class cricketer. McQuilken was born at in County Antrim in September 1933. An all-rounder for Muckamore Cricket Club, for whom he scored over 10,000 runs and took over a 1,000 wickets, he played two first-class cricket matches for Ireland 1962. His first came against the Combined Services at Belfast, while his second match came against Scotland at Greenock. He took a five-wicket haul on debut, with 5/37; these were his only first-class wickets. He also scored 140 runs across both matches, with a highest score of 42. Outside of cricket his profession was an engineer. He died in a road traffic accident in Belfast in June 1985.