John Phillips (South African cricketer)

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

Personal information
Full name	John Glanville Phillips
Born	8 November 1910 East London, Cape Province, South Africa
Died	20 June 1985 (aged 74) Amanzimtoti, Natal, South Africa
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm wrist-spin
Relations	Ricey Phillips (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1931/32–1935/36	Border
1937/38	Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 16 Runs scored 667 Batting average 23.00 100s/50s 1/3 Top score 100 Balls bowled 822 Wickets 22 Bowling average 22.13 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/51 Catches/stumpings 5/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 May 2020

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

1. "Orange Free State v Border 1933–34". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
2. "Border v Orange Free State 1934–35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
3. "Border v Natal 1934–35". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
4. Louis Duffus, "The South Africans", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1935, pp. 11–14.

External links

• John Phillips at ESPNcricinfo