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Ivor Phillips (cricketer)
South African cricketer (1935–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ivor Leroy Phillips (3 August 1935 – 7 January 2024) was a South African cricketer and tennis player.
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Biography
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 Tarkastad.[1] Among a group of young South African tennis players, including his fellow Border cricketer Buster Farrer, Phillips competed at the 1956 Wimbledon Championships.[1] He and Farrer won their first-round match in the men's doubles, but lost in the second.[2]
Phillips played as a middle-order batsman in three first-class matches for Border in 1957–58 and 1958–59.[3][4] He played for the South African Country Districts XI for 19 years, captaining them for 16 years.[1]
He later farmed in the Molteno district before retiring in 1999. He and his wife Leslie-Anne lived in Port Alfred. They had four children.[1] Their sons James and Leroy played first-class cricket in South Africa.[4]
Phillips died on 7 January 2024, at the age of 88.[5]
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