Horace Phillips (rugby union)

David Horace Phillips (24 August 1928 — 12 December 2009) was a Welsh international rugby union player.

Horace Phillips
Full nameDavid Horace Phillips
Date of birth(1928-08-24)24 August 1928
Place of birthBirchgrove, Swansea, Wales
Date of death12 December 2009(2009-12-12) (aged 81)
Place of deathSketty, Wales
SchoolDynevor School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1952 Wales 1 (0)

Phillips was born in the Swansea suburb of Birchgrove and attended Dynevor School.[1]

Active in the 1950s, Phillips was a Swansea wing three-quarter, capped once by Wales in the 1952 Five Nations Championship, against France at St Helens.[2] He was in the Swansea side that drew with the visiting All Blacks in 1953, toured Romania with the club in 1954 and held their captaincy during the 1955–56 season.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "In Memoriam: Horace Phillips 1941 – 1948". Dynevor Revisited.
  2. ^ "First 'cap' for Horace Phillips: West's new power". Western Mail. 20 March 1952.
  3. ^ "Ex-Wales and Swansea winger Horace Phillips dies". BBC News. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 22 January 2010.
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