He played on for Surrey until 1903, but from 1900 his powers as a batsman declined severely and after two final first-class matches for London County he retired from cricket.
In 2004 the club was relaunched by former Essex, Somerset and Leicestershire wicket keeper / batsman Neil Burns as a mentoring organisation for the development and support of cricketers.
Against W. G. Grace's London County side, he took four for 99 and these remained the best bowling figures of his long career.
Quaife also played for W. G. Grace's London County team and spent the winter of 1912-13 playing for Griqualand West in South Africa.
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The 1900 season also saw him make his highest score of 78 against London County, batting at number 11 and adding 97 for the last wicket with Albert Bird; while in 1901, he played in a Rest of England side against Yorkshire, a game in which Gilbert Jessop scored 233 for the Rest of England in about two and a half hours.