Gerald Phillips
Personal information
Full name
Gerald Courtenay Phillips
Born3 November 1886
Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died26 January 1938(1938-01-26) (aged 51)
Regent's Park, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
RelationsFrank Phillips (brother)
Noel Phillips (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1910/11–1926/27Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 11
Runs scored 551
Batting average 30.61
100s/50s –/6
Top score 94
Balls bowled 96
Wickets 4
Bowling average 11.50
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/9
Catches/stumpings 1/–
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

  1. ↑ Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 (5 ed.). H. Hart. 1905. p. 591.
  2. ↑ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1938". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "No. 29183". The London Gazette. 4 June 1915. p. 5401.
  4. ↑ The Indian Army List. Superintendent Government Printing, India. 1922. p. 485.
  5. 1 2 James, L. Warwick (1952). Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1952. The College. p. 455.
  6. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Gerald Phillips". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gerald Phillips". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Gerald Phillips". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Deaths. Kington Times. 29 January 1929. pp. 3–4
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