Doug Phillips (rugby)

Douglas Versailles Phillips
Personal information
Born(1919-06-28)28 June 1919
Neath, Wales
Died28 April 2000(2000-04-28) (aged 80)
Neath, Wales
Playing information
Height6 ft 2 in (1.9 m)
Weight14 st 7 lb (92.1 kg)
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Swansea RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Glamorgan 2
Rugby league
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–46 Oldham 18 0 0 0 0
1947–53 Belle Vue Rangers 235 28 0 0 84
Total 253 28 0 0 84
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–51 Wales 10 1 0 0 3
1944–50 Great Britain 4 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3]

Douglas Versailles Phillips (28 June 1919 – 28 April 2000) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union for Glamorgan (two occasions), and at club level for Swansea RFC. Having switched codes to rugby league he played representative level rugby league for Great Britain and Wales; and at club level for Oldham and Belle Vue Rangers, as a second-row.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b "Doug Phillips: Career stats & statistics". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Player Statistics". Oldham rugby league heritage trust. Archived from the original on 7 April 2005. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thomson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.