- Doug Phillips (rugby)
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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
- ^ 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
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Doug_Phillips/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
External links
- International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
- Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
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Managers: Walter Popplewell, and Wilf GabbattCategories:- Broughton Rangers players
- Footballers who switched code
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Oldham Roughyeds players
- Rugby league second-rows
- Swansea RFC players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
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