About Walter Phillips
Lived 1881 – 1948 (aged 67). Walter Phillips was a British cricketer.
Walter Phillips (1 April 1881 – 21 June 1948) was an English first-class cricketer.
Phillips was born at West Malling in Kent, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Lambert Phillips (née Hayward). His father was a farmer, brewer and miller and operated a number of breweries with tied public houses, including the Abbey Brewery in West Malling. Phillips was educated at Eastbourne College where he played cricket for the school XI for two years, scoring 386 runs and taking 66 wickets in 1897, his final year at school.
Phillips worked as a hop factor and played club cricket as a "highly regarded batsman" for Bickley Park, Bromley and The Mote.
In about 1908 Phillips married Beatrice Sanders from Liverpool. He died in 1948 at Mereworth in Kent; he was aged 67.
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Who was Walter Phillips?
British cricketer (1881-1948)
When was Walter Phillips born?
Walter Phillips was born on 1 April 1881 in Kent, West Malling.
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Walter Phillips died on 21 June 1948 in Kent, Mereworth.
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Walter Phillips was a cricketer.
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Walter Phillips was British.
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· DBpedia: Walter Phillips (cricketer)
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