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{{Short description|Welsh cricketer (1886–1938)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Gerald Courtenay Phillips
| nickname =
| birth_date = 3 November 1886
| birth_place = [[Crumlin, Caerphilly|Crumlin]], [[Monmouthshire]], Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|1|26|1886|11|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Regent's Park]], [[London]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Unknown
| family = [[Frank Phillips (cricketer)|Frank Phillips]] (brother)<br>[[Noel Phillips]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1910/11–1926/27
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 551
| bat avg1 = 30.61
| 100s/50s1 = –/6
| top score1 = 94
| deliveries1 = 96
| wickets1 = 4
| bowl avg1 = 11.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/9
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 19 November
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/gerald-phillips-32460 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Gerald Courtenay Phillips''' (3 November 1886 — 26 January 1938) was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

The son of P. S. Phillips, he was born in November 1886 at [[Crumlin, Caerphilly|Crumlin, Monmouthshire]]. He was educated at [[Marlborough College]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 |date=1905 |page=591 |edition=5 |publisher=[[Horace Hart|H. Hart]] |url=https://archive.org/details/marlboroughcoll00englgoog |language=en}}</ref> where he played for the college cricket team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/233808.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1938|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 November 2022}}</ref> Going to [[British India]], Phillips served in the [[British Indian Army]] Reserve during the [[First World War]], being commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in June 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29183|date=4 June 1915|page=5401}}</ref> with him holding the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in April 1918.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Indian Army List |date=1922 |page=485 |publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wUado2xeDfYC |language=en}}</ref> During the war, he served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] and in [[Sinai and Palestine campaign|Palestine]] with the [[17th Horse (Poona Horse)|Poona Horse]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1952 |first=L. Warwick |last=James |date=1952 |page=455 |publisher=The College |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fltrlsDDi8C |language=en}}</ref> While in India, he played [[first-class cricket]] as a [[batsman (cricket)|batsman]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]], making nine appearances in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14316/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Gerald Phillips|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Phillips scored 551 runs in his eleven first-class matches at an [[batting average|average]] of 30.61, with six half centuries and a highest score of 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14316/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Gerald Phillips|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also bowled on occasion, taking 4 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14316/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Gerald Phillips|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 November 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Outside of cricket, he was in business in [[Mumbai|Bombay]].<ref name="BOOK"/> Phillips retired to England, where he was resident at [[Kingsland, Herefordshire|Kingsland]]. In his latter years, he was cared for in a residential care home in [[London]], where he died in January 1938.<ref>Deaths. ''Kington Times''. 29 January 1929. pp. 3–4</ref> His brothers, [[Frank Phillips (cricketer)|Frank]] and [[Noel Phillips|Noel]], both played first-class cricket.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=32460 }}

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[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1938 deaths]]
[[Category:People educated at Marlborough College]]
[[Category:Welsh cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Europeans and Parsees cricketers]]

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