Gerald Courtenay Phillips (3 November 1886 — 26 January 1938) was a Welsh first-class

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er and

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officer. The son of P. S. Phillips, he was born in November 1886 at

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. He was educated at

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, where he played for the college cricket team. Going to British India, Phillips served in the

Reserve during the First World War, being commissioned as a

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in June 1915, with him holding the rank of

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in April 1918. During the war, he served on the

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and in

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with the Poona Horse. 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. 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. He also bowled on occasion, taking 4 wickets. Outside of cricket, he was in business in Bombay. Phillips retired to England, where he was resident at

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. In his latter years, he was cared for in a residential care home in London, where he died in January 1938.Deaths. ''Kington Times''. 29 January 1929. pp. 3–4 His brothers, Frank and Noel, both played first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Gerald 1886 births 1938 deaths People educated at Marlborough College Welsh cricketers Europeans cricketers British Indian Army officers Indian Army personnel of World War I Europeans and Parsees cricketers