John Phillips (South African cricketer)
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Full name | John Glanville Phillips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | East London, Cape Province, South Africa | 8 November 1910||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 June 1985 Amanzimtoti, Natal, South Africa | (aged 74)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Ricey Phillips (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1931/32–1935/36 | Border | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1937/38 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 May 2020 |
John Glanville Phillips (8 November 1910 – 26 June 1985) was a South African cricketer who played 16 matches of first-class cricket for Border and Transvaal between 1931 and 1938.
John Phillips was an opening batsman and left-arm wrist-spinner. His best batting performance was 100 and 36 for Border against Orange Free State in 1933–34.[1] In the 1934–35 season he took 15 wickets in two matches in East London in just over a week: 7 for 51 and 2 for 87 in a victory over Orange Free State,[2] then 5 for 123 and 1 for 44 in a close loss to Natal.[3] These performances led the cricket writer Louis Duffus to name him as a player "who is sure to be heard of in subsequent seasons".[4] However, Phillips played only two more first-class matches.
References
- ^ "Orange Free State v Border 1933–34". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Border v Orange Free State 1934–35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "Border v Natal 1934–35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Louis Duffus, "The South Africans", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1935, pp. 11–14.