Joseph Phillips (rugby league) explained

Joe Phillips
Fullname:Joseph Anthony Phillips
Birth Date:30 December 1924
Birth Place:New Zealand
Death Place:London, England
Club1:Bradford Northern
Year1start:1950
Year1end:56
Appearances1:232
Tries1:47
Goals1:661
Fieldgoals1:0
Points1:1463
Club2:Keighley
Year2start:1957
Year2end:59
Appearances2:80
Tries2:20
Goals2:225
Fieldgoals2:0
Points2:516
Teama:Rugby League XIII
Yearastart:≈1954
Appearancesa:≥1
Teamb:Other Nationalities
Yearbstart:1953
Appearancesb:4
Goalsb:12
Pointsb:24
New:yes
Retired:yes
Updated:25 September 2009
Source:[1]

Joseph Anthony Phillips (30 December 1924 – 16 May 1969) was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Junior All Blacks (New Zealand Schoolboys), and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities and Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Bradford Northern (Heritage No.) and Keighley, as a, i.e. number 1.[1]

Playing career

Bradford Northern

Phillips played, and scored three conversions in Bradford Northern's 6-13 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1951–52 season at Leeds Road, Huddersfield on Saturday 10 May 1952.[2] He made 232 appearances for the club, scoring 47-tries and 661-goals.[3]

Keighley

Phillips joined Keighley in 1957. He spent three seasons at the club, playing 80 games and scoring 20 tries and 225 goals.[4]

International honours

Phillips represented Other Nationalities (RL) while at Bradford Northern, and represented Rugby League XIII (RL) while at Bradford Northern.[5]

Post-playing career

In 1964, Phillips, along with former team-mate Trevor Foster, helped to lead a campaign which resulted in the reformation of Bradford Northern after the club folded a year earlier due to increasing financial difficulties. He later served as the club's chairman,[6] and was also a director at Keighley.[4]

Death and legacy

Phillips died on 16 May 1969 (the day before the 1968–69 Challenge Cup Final) in a hotel in London, aged 44, leaving a wife; Margaret C. (née Dixon) (marriage registered during first ¼ 1954 in Bradford district), and three children; Catherine M. Phillips, Charles D. Phillips (birth registered during fourth ¼ in Bradford district), and Joseph Christian Phillips (birth registered during fourth ¼ in Bradford district). Later that year, Bradford named a trophy in his honour, the Joe Phillips Memorial Trophy, which is contested for between Phillips' former clubs, Bradford and Keighley.[7] [8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org. rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
  2. Web site: 1951-1952 Championship Final. wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. 1 January 2012. 12 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131212192432/http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=435. dead.
  3. Web site: Craven. Dave. 'Sir Keith' favourite for full back slot. Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 5 October 2014. 22 February 2007.
  4. Web site: Into The Sixties . 24 January 2014 . https://archive.today/20130702104937/http://www.keighleyrugbyheritage.info/history/?p=21 . 2 July 2013 . dead.
  5. Web site: Floodlit feast at Odsal. https://web.archive.org/web/20100114185025/http://totalrl.com/features/content.php?feat_id=279&featcat_id=32. dead. 14 January 2010. TotalRL. 31 December 2012. 1 January 2012.
  6. News: Joe Phillips. The Guardian. 17 May 1969. London. 15. .
  7. Web site: Ledger. John. Roe's return renews belief. Yorkshire Post. Johnston Press. 23 January 2014. 21 December 2005.
  8. Web site: Joe Phillips Memorial Trophy Fixture Confirmed. https://web.archive.org/web/20180108180555/https://keighleycougars.com/joe-phillips-memorial-trophy-fixture-confirmed/. usurped. 8 January 2018. Keighley Cougars. 19 October 2016. 31 January 2017.