Gerald Phillips
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Full name | Gerald Courtenay Phillips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 November 1886 Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 January 1938 Regent's Park, London, England | (aged 51)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Frank Phillips (brother) Noel Phillips (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1910/11–1926/27 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 November 2022 |
Gerald Courtenay Phillips (3 November 1886 — 26 January 1938) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer. The son of P. S. Phillips, he was born in November 1886 at Crumlin, Monmouthshire. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] where he played for the college cricket team.[2] Going to British India, Phillips served in the British Indian Army Reserve during the First World War, being commissioned as a second lieutenant in June 1915,[3] with him holding the rank of captain in April 1918.[4] During the war, he served on the Western Front and in Palestine with the Poona Horse.[5] While in India, he played first-class cricket as a batsman for the Europeans cricket team, making nine appearances in the Bombay Quadrangular Matches from 1910 to 1926. He also made one non-Quadrangular appearance for the Europeans, in addition to playing for a combined Europeans and Parsees team against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club in 1926.[6] Phillips scored 551 runs in his eleven first-class matches at an average of 30.61, with six half centuries and a highest score of 94.[7] He also bowled on occasion, taking 4 wickets.[8] Outside of cricket, he was in business in Bombay.[5] Phillips retired to England, where he was resident at Kingsland. In his latter years, he was cared for in a residential care home in London, where he died in January 1938.[9] His brothers, Frank and Noel, both played first-class cricket.
References
- ↑ Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 (5 ed.). H. Hart. 1905. p. 591.
- ↑ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1938". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ↑ "No. 29183". The London Gazette. 4 June 1915. p. 5401.
- ↑ The Indian Army List. Superintendent Government Printing, India. 1922. p. 485.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 James, L. Warwick (1952). Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1952. The College. p. 455.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Gerald Phillips". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gerald Phillips". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Gerald Phillips". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
- ↑ Deaths. Kington Times. 29 January 1929. pp. 3–4
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