[2] Quist left for Fremantle, Western Australia, in April 1905, to take up a position with an electrical engineering firm.
[6] Quist moved to South Australia, later in 1906,[7] and entered into partnership with A. S. Toms, who owned an Adelaide sporting goods store (originally established by Joe Darling).
[1] In South Australian district cricket, Quist began to play for Glenelg.
He was an irregular selection for South Australia in both Sheffield Shield and other interstate matches, playing a total of seven games for the state between the 1908–09 and 1911–12 seasons.
[9] Having become sole proprietor of his store in early 1914, Quist also served as a cricket coach in a number of schools and clubs around Australia, including the Sydney Church of England Grammar School, Prince Alfred College, and Christian Brothers' College, and the Adelaide, Glenelg, Adelaide University [10]and North Adelaide Cricket Clubs.