Ivor Leroy Phillips (born 3 August 1935) is a South African former

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er and tennis player. Phillips attended Queen's College in Queenstown, where he excelled at sports. He was offered a scholarship to Stellenbosch University, but instead returned to work on the family farm at

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. Among a group of young South African tennis players, including his fellow

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cricketer

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, Phillips competed at the

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. He and Farrer won their first-round match in the men's doubles, but lost in the second. Phillips played as a middle-order batsman in three first-class matches for Border in 1957–58 and 1958–59. He played for the South African Country Districts XI for 19 years, captaining them for 16 years. He later farmed in the

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district before retiring in 1999. He and his wife Leslie-Anne live in

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. They have four children. Their sons

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and

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played first-class cricket in South Africa.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Ivor 1935 births Living people Alumni of Queen's College Boys' High School South African cricketers South African male tennis players Border cricketers Cricketers from Queenstown, South Africa

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