[1] Phillips made his debut in first-class cricket for Warwickshire against London County in 1904 at Coventry.
[2] He had to wait until 1910 for his next first-class match, which came when Warwickshire played Northamptonshire in the County Championship.
[2] He made three further appearances in 1910, before playing a final first-class match in 1911 against Leicestershire.
Their eldest son, Joseph Anthony Moore Phillips, became a lieutenant colonel in the British Army and later became the Deputy Lieutenant of the now defunct county of Humberside,[5] Their second son, Peter William Garside Phillips, became a major in the army.
[7] Peter's son, Mark Phillips, became a successful Olympic gold-medal-winning horseman for Great Britain, and married Anne, Princess Royal.