Edward George Phillips (1851 - 1933)

Born 1 Mar 1851 in Port Adelaide South Australia

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Husband of Gertrude Sophia (Kekwick) Phillips — married 8 Oct 1879 in North Adelaide Congregational Church

Died 8 Feb 1933 at age 81 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Edward Phillips is Notable.

Edward was born in 1851^[1]. He was the son of Samuel Phillips.

He married Gertrude Kekwick in 1879^[2] He lived at 44 Melbourne St North Adelaide.

He passed away in 1933. ^[3] BURIAL North Road Cemetery Nailsworth, Prospect City, South Australia, Australia Plot South Path 4 East - 1006

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Sons Richard and Edward Lauriston (2 Sep 1892 - 8 Jan 1971) and daughter Gertrude Enid He was a Clerk, Mercantile Broker

OBITUARY Mr. Edward George Phillips, who died at his home in Melbourne street (No 44), North Adelaide, in his 82nd year, was well known in Adelaide business circles, and in his earlier days he played in international and interstate cricket matches. He was the youngest son of the late Mr. Samuel L. Phillips, a Customs House official. He was educated at Whinham College. He entered the employ of William King & Son, timber and chaff merchants, of O'Connell street, North Adelaide, and later secured a position with G. & R. Wills and Co. When Adelaide became excited over reports of gold in the Northern Territory, he went to A. Gore and Co.'s office at Darwin. There he contracted fever, however, and he returned to Adelaide and re-entered the service of G. & R. Wills & Co. In 1883 he transferred to George Wills and Co. He was a mercantile broker until 1919, when he retired. Some time ago the South Australian Cricketing Association showed its appreciation of his services to cricket by electing him an honorary life member. In 1867 he joined the North Adelaide Young Men's Society. That club was the precursor of the North Adelaide Cricket Club, now known as the Prospect Cricket Club. Mr. Phillips was a fine bat and a good change bowler, and in the field was considered the best cover-point in South Australia. From 1876 till 1888 he played in international and interstate games. He managed and played in the South Australian side that visited Melbourne in 1888, when the late George Giffen was captain. He has left a widow, one son (Mr. Laurie Phillips) and a daughter (Miss Enid Phillips).^[4]

GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MR. E. G. PHILLIPS SPORTING AND BUSINESS MAN Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Phillips, of Melbourne-street, North Adelaide, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary with a private, reception at their home to-day. Mr. Phillips has lived in Melbourne-street since 1861, and in his present home since his marriage, fifty years ago. He was born at Port Adelaide, where his father, Mr. Samuel L. Phillips, was a Customs house agent from 1855 to 1860. Mr. Phillips joined the firm of Messrs. G. and R. Wills & Co., warehousemen, in 1865. Eight years later he went to the Northern Territory on mercantile business for Messrs. Gore & Co., but fever and ague forced him to return after six months, and rejoined Messrs. G. and R. Wills. In 1888 he joined forces as a mercantile broker with Mr. Ebenezer Finlayson, a brother of Mr. J. H. Finlayson, a former editor of the "Register." Mr. Phillips retired from business owing to ill-health in 1919. He was a member of the North Adelaide Young Men's Association, founded by the Rev. James Jeffries, from which was drawn the nucleus of the North Adelaide Cricket Club, now the Prospect Club, of which Mr. Phillips was a foundation member of 1867. He played cricket with the North Adelaide Club until the electoral system of cricket districts was introduced. He retired from active play two years later. From 1876 to 1888 Mr. Phillips was a prominent player in international matches, having taken part in games against Lord Harris, Lilywhite, Stoddart, and a host of other visiting cricketers of international reputation. One of his most treasured possessions is an auto graph album containing signatures of 1,100 prominent players of Australia, and from abroad. Noted Oarsman As a youth, Mr. Phillips rowed on the first dam that was built on the Torrens in 1867. The crew used to go out at 6 o'clock in the morning in the first four-oared outrigger to float on the Torrens. The dam lasted six months. It was then carried away by flood. Canoeing, not in the small Canadian type of craft seen on the water to-day, but in a decked, cedar type, next attracted Mr. Phillips's attention. He pulled three times from Port Adelaide to Glenelg. His longest trip was from the spit opposite the present quarantine station at Birkenhead, past Outer Harbor, Largs Bay, Henley, and Glenelg, and on to Brighton. Accompanied by Mr. A. M. Worsnop, a son of the former town clerk of Adelaide, he covered the distance in a day. The minute-book of the Black Swan Rowing Club, the first rowing club to be formed in Adelaide, Mr. Phillips still has in his possession. Another of his valued souvenirs is a collection of photographs of Adelaide street scenes of his early youth. He considers that the most marked contrast to be found with the streets of to-day is from the York Theatre in Rundle-street, looking east. In those days, said Mr. Phillips in an interview on Monday, metal roads were in favor, and from some of the photographs one would think that traffic had been suspended, instead of being in full operation. There was so little of it. Change in Fashions The outstanding change, he thought, was that from the crinoline and other oddities of the feminine wardrobe of the Victorian era to the feminine fashions of to-day. One of his most vivid recollections was that of a scene at church, when a lady, to get from the aisle, had to compress the rotundity of her crinoline into a shape like that of a fore-and-aft boat before she could get Into her seat. It was the most ludicrous thing be had seen, and ever reminded him of the "Punch" satirical illustration, in which lady passengers, before being able to take their seats in a bus, had to divest themselves of their crinolines and hang them in rows round the luggage rail on the top deck. It was always a happy memory to him, said Mr. Phillips, that he was an old boy of Whinham College, then called the North Adelaide Grammar School, and he would not forget the pleasure of the reunion of over 200 fellow old scholars held at the Town Hall last November. Mr. Phillips, who is nearly 79 years of age, now fills in his time with gentle exercise, reading, enjoying his pipe, and meeting his old chums in social, commercial, and sporting circles. He has taken his cue in life from a paraphrase he has made of a quotation from a poem by Phillip James Bailey, an English barrister, who lived to 92. The paraphrase is this—"It matters not how long we bat, but how." He recommends it to anybody who might be looking for a guiding signal in their endeavors.^[5]

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1. ↑ South Australian Births Index of Registrations 1842 to 1906 Vol 7 N-P Page 2348 PHILLIPS Edward George (M) 1Mar 1851 Port Adelaide dist Ade Old Port par EdwardSamuel Livesley PHILLIPS & Mary Ann HARDING b3 p184
2. ↑ South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916 Groom: PHILLIPS Given names: Edward George Bride: KEKWICK Given names: Gertrude Sophia Date: 1879-10-08 Groom Age: 28 Status: S Groom's Father: Samuel Linsley PHILLIPS Bride Age: 24 Status: S Bride's Father: Daniel KEKWICK Place: Congregational Church [North Adelaide] District: Ade Symbol: Book/Page: 121/73
3. ↑ South Australian Deaths, Registrations 1916 to 1972 Surname: PHILLIPS Given Names: Edward George Date: 1933-02-08 Sex: M Age: 81y Status: M Relative: Relative 2: Residence: North Adelaide Death Place: North Adelaide District Code: Ade Symbol: Book: 545 Page: 390
4. ↑ The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Fri 10 Feb 1933, p10
5. ↑ The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Tue 8 Oct 1929, p7

See also:

• Wikipedia: Edward Phillips (cricketer, born 1851)
• Wikidata: Item Q102159817, en:Wikipedia