Syd Phillips | |
Fullname: | Sydney Wilfred Hastings Phillips |
Birth Date: | 27 May 1874 |
Birth Place: | Fitzroy, Victoria |
Death Place: | Perth, Western Australia |
Statsend: | 1898 |
Years1: | 1893–96 |
Club1: | St Kilda (VFA) |
Games Goals1: | 74 (1) |
Years2: | 1897–98 |
Games Goals2: | 25 (0) |
Club3: | Perth |
Years3: | 1899–1904 (?) |
Games Goals3: | ? (?) |
Sydney Wilfred Hastings Phillips (27 May 1874 – 25 August 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
After six years with St Kilda (spanning the time when they entered the VFL), Phillips took a role with the Perth Mint in late 1898 and moved to Western Australia where he was captain of the Perth Football Club for a few years.[2] [3] [4] He later took up lawn bowls and became a state champion of both Victoria[5] and Western Australia.[6]