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 nameJohn Glanville Phillips
Born(1910-11-08)8 November 1910
East London, Cape Province, South Africa
Died20 June 1985(1985-06-20) (aged 74)
Amanzimtoti, Natal, South Africa
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm wrist-spin
RelationsRicey Phillips (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1931/32–1935/36Border
1937/38Transvaal
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.
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