Phil Hosking
Australian rules footballer
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Thornton Randall Philip Hosking (4 May 1894 – 6 August 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Albert Park, Victoria
Caulfield South, Victoria
| Phil Hosking | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Thornton Randall Philip Hosking | ||
| Born |
4 May 1894 Albert Park, Victoria | ||
| Died |
6 August 1949 (aged 55) Caulfield South, Victoria | ||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1913 | Melbourne | 1 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
The son of John Andrew Hosking (1860-1936),[2] and Sarah Letitia Hosking (1863-1928), née Pearson,[3][4] Thornton Randall Philip Hosking was born at Albert Park, Victoria on 4 May 1894.
Two of his brothers, Albert Jeffrey Hosking (1885-1953),[5] and John Bruce "Jack" Hosking (1898-1917),[6] also served in the AIF. Jack died of the wounds he received in action, in France, on 22 July 1917.
He married Ettie Ruby Meade Menere (1891-1956), later Mrs. Bruce Duane, on 13 August 1913. They had one son. Following a divorce, he married Mona Gwenn Bromley Lloyd (1903-1984), later Mrs. Charles Trevor Turner, in 1939.
Football
Recruited from South Yarra, he played of First XVIII for Melbourne, against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 26 April 1913.
Military service
He served overseas with the First AIF: and, while in England, took part in the Pioneer Exhibition Game, at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on 28 October 1916.
Death
He died at his residence in South Caulfield on 6 August 1949.[8]
