In September he won the state championship through a 4-3 victory over Canterbury-Marrickville in front of a record crowd of more than 8,400.
In May 1959 Quested got to play for Australia in a test match on the Sydney Sports Ground in Moore Park which was lost 1-7 to Scottish club Heart of Midlothian FC in front of a crowd of more than 16,000.
In a match against Bankstown in April 1963 Quested found himself for the first time relegated to the reserve team since playing in Australia.
After having played only three matches for the eastern suburbs side, in July he had to undergo a knee cartilage operation.
In January 1964 he joined the newly formed side of Cumberland United, an amalgamation of Auburn and Gladesville-Ryde, as non-playing coach.
[2] In 1965 former Scottish B-international and Gladesville/Cumberland first grade player Bernie Kelly took on the coaching job and Quested played for a year with the team of Awaba near Newcastle which became fifth in the Northern NSW Division One and reached the final of the Daniels Cup Winners, which they lost 2-5 two league runner-ups Adamstown Rosebud.