Doug Phillips (rugby)

Douglas V. Phillips
Personal information
Full name Douglas V. Phillips
Nickname Doug
Born Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Swansea RFC
Rugby league
Position Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1944–1946 Oldham 18
1946–≥1951 Broughton Rangers/Belle Vue Rangers
Total 18 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–1951 Wales 9 0 0 0 0
1944–1950 Great Britain 4 0 0 0 0
As of 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Douglas "Doug" V. Phillips was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at club level played rugby union (RU) for Swansea RFC, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Oldham, and Broughton Rangers/Belle Vue Rangers, playing at Second-row, i.e. 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

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International honours

Doug Phillips won caps for Wales (RL) while at Oldham and Belle Vue Rangers 1945…1951 9-caps, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Broughton Rangers in 1946 against Australia (3 matches), and while at Belle Vue Rangers in 1950 against Australia.[2]

Note

Broughton Rangers and Belle Vue Rangers is the same club, changing its name from Broughton Rangers to Belle Vue Rangers for the start of the 1946–47 season.

References

  1. ^ Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book [Page-108…114]". London League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Doug_Phillips/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 

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