Background
The son of William Garside Phillips, the founder of the Ansley Hall Coal and Iron Company, he was born at Ansley Hall in the Warwickshire village of Ansley on 2 December 1881.
The son of William Garside Phillips, the founder of the Ansley Hall Coal and Iron Company, he was born at Ansley Hall in the Warwickshire village of Ansley on 2 December 1881.
He played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast bowler. Phillips made his debut in first-class cricket for Warwickshire against London County in 1904 at Coventry. He would have to wait until 1910 for his next first-class match, which came when Warwickshire played Northamptonshire in the County Championship.
He made three further appearances in 1910, before playing a final first-class match in 1911 against Leicestershire.
He had little success as a first-class cricketer, scoring 35 runs across his six matches, with a high score of 16. With the ball in hand he took just one wicket from a total of 41 overs bowled.
Outside of cricket Phillips was by profession a mining engineer Both would become highly decorated officers.
Peter"s son, Mark Phillips, would become a successful Olympic gold-medal-winning horseman for Great Britain, and would marry Anne, Princess Royal, with whom he would have two children, Peter Phillips and Zara Phillips.
He died at Oldbury Grange in Nuneaton, Warwickshire on 15 January 1951.
