N.Z. cricket personality dies
Wellington One of New Zealand’s leading cricket administrators, Mr Jac* fhiuipps, <uea veateida-. morning aged 79. Mr Hhilllpps managed two New Zealand cricket sides to England —in 1»49 and lbsk. . Some indication of ids standing in world cricket can be gauged from the fact that he is the only New Zealander to have managed an M.C.C. team in New vnw ar “? »A le ait! ior Dems bilk s ,1960-dl side. Efficient, confident, quick s?n,. e “ n<3 a fluent apeakei, Mr Phillipps ability to work with touring captains and iocal ad ministrator* won him a grand reputation In England. As well as his association with at a national level, Mr * Uf e member of the Wellington Cricket Assorts tion and a stalwart of the KUblrrue Cricket Club. Mr Walter Hadlee, captain of the 1949 team and present chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council, said yesterday it was a great privilege to have knevs Mr Phillipps. “He was a great friend ” ‘We shared a wonderful season in England in 1949. He was proud of his team and we were of him.”
Mr Phillipps retired from the Shell company at the end of 195 T as personnel ofllcer. He was formerly chairman of the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation’s central adviser programme and was the first executive of Outward Bound.
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