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England international rugby union player

Rugby player

BornMalcolm Stanley Phillips
(1936-03-03) 3 March 1936 (age 90)

Prestbury, Cheshire, England

SchoolArnold School, Blackpool

UniversityOxford University

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Malcolm Phillips

Born

Malcolm Stanley Phillips
(1936-03-03) 3 March 1936 (age 90)

Prestbury, Cheshire, England

School

Arnold School, Blackpool

University

Oxford University

Rugby union career

Senior career
Position	Centre
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
	Fylde Rugby Club
	Barbarian FC
	Lancashire
International career
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1958-1964	England	25	(50)

Malcolm Phillips is a former rugby union international player who represented England from 1958 to 1964.^[1] He was President of the Rugby Football Union in 2004–05, and also served on the International Rugby Board.

Phillips was born on 3 March 1936 in Prestbury.^[1] He was educated at Arnold School in Blackpool.^[2] He then went on to study history at Oxford University, Trinity College, where he played rugby representing the university.

Phillips made his international debut on 1 February 1958 at Twickenham in the England vs Australia match.^[1] Of the 25 matches he played for his national side he was on the winning side on 11 occasions.^[1] Phillips was known for his running skills and speed that could challenge defences.^[3] He played his final match for England on 21 March 1964 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs England match.^[1]

Rugby administrator

Since retirement from playing rugby, Phillips has been active as an administrator. He was President of the Rugby Football Union in 2004/5, during which time he tried to play peacemaker between the squabbling between the chairman of the RFU's management board Graeme Cattermole, and the union's chief executive Francis Baron.^[4] Phillips has also served on the International Rugby Board. He is currently actively involved in the administration of Fylde Rugby Club.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Malcolm Phillips Profile on scrum.com
1 2 "History 1919-present Fylde Rugby". fylderugby.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
↑ "Phillips lends his experience to Fylde again", BBC Sport, Allan Foster.
↑ "Phillips tries to heal rift within RFU", Telegraph, Rob Wildman, 25 November 2004.

v t e Rugby Football Union presidents
To 1900	1871-74: A Rutter 1874-75: F Stokes 1875-76: L J Maton 1876-77, 1877-78: C D Heatley 1878-82: A. G. Guillemard 1882-84: J Maclaren 1884-86: Frederick Currey 1886-88: L Stokes 1888-89: A Budd 1889-90: Harry Garnett 1890-92: E T Gurdon 1892-94: W Cail 1894-96: Roger Walker 1896-98: R W Whalley 1898-1900: J W H Thorp
To the First World War	1900-02: Francis Hugh Fox 1902-04: M Newsome 1904-07: G R Hill 1907-09: C A Crane 1909-11: T C Pring 1911-13: A M Crook 1913-14: A Hartley
To the Second World War	1919-20: A Hartley 1920-22: E Prescott 1922-23: R Henzell 1923-24: M F Waters 1924-25: W S Donne 1925-26: H E Ferens 1926-27: J Baxter 1927-28: P Royds 1928-29: V H Cartwright 1929-30, 1930-31, 1931-32: W T Pearce 1932-33: A D Stoop 1933-34: R F Oakes 1934-35: J Milnes 1935-37: J E Greenwood 1937-39: B A Hill 1939-40: G C Robinson
To the professional era	1945-47: J Daniell 1947-48: B C Hartley 1948-49: L G Brown 1949-50: E Watts 1950-51: W Wakefield 1951-52: H Cleaver 1952-53: P Holman 1953-54: J Brunton 1954-55: W C Ramsay 1955: L Clifford 1955-56: W B Gibbs 1956-57: L B "Ginger" Osborne 1957-58: A Marshall 1958-59: J Lawson 1959-60: J A Tallent 1960-61: A T Voyce 1961-62: R G S Hobbs 1962-63: C H Gadney 1963-64: A G Butler 1964-65: L Edwards 1965-66: A Walker 1966-67: D H Harrison 1967-68: J R Locker 1968-69: J T W Berry 1969-70: D T Kemp 1970-71: W Ramsay 1971-72: T A Kemp 1972-73: R. M. A. Kingswell 1973-74: M R Steele-Bodger 1974-75: K H Chapman 1975-76: G Tarn 1976-77: R E G Jeeps 1977-78: A Wharton 1978-79: S R Couchman 1979-80: A W Ramsay 1980-81: J MACG Kendall-Carpenter 1981-82: D K Brooks 1982-83: J V Smith 1983-84: C R Jacobs 1984-85: A E Agar 1985-86: D W Shuttleworth 1986-87: A A Grimsdell 1987-88: John Burgess 1988-89: J R Simpson 1989-90: D L Sanders 1990-91: M A Pearey 1991-92: P G Yarranton 1992-93: D D Serfontein 1993-94: I D S Beer 1994-95: D H Easby
To the present day	1995-96: W J Bishop 1996-97: J T Richardson 1997-98: P G Brook 1998-99: P C Trunkfield 1999-2000: J H Addison 2000-01: D P Rogers 2001-02: R S Manock 2002-03: W G D Morgan 2003-04: R W Horner 2004-05: M S Phillips 2005-06: L C K Angel 2006-07: R A G Rogers 2007-08: B Taylor 2008-09: Brian Williams 2009-10: John Owen 2010-11: Richard Appleby 2011-12: Willie Wildash 2012-13: Paul Murphy 2015-16: Jason Leonard 2016-17: Peter Baines 2017-18: John Spencer 2018-19: Chris Kelly 2019-20: Peter Wheeler 2020-22: Jeff Blackett 2022-23: Nigel Gillingham 2023-24: Rob Briers 2024–25: Rob Udwin 2025–26: Deborah Griffin

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