Phillips played three games for NSW but Steve Rixon was blocking his path so he moved to Queensland in 1979.
[2] After Marsh retired in 1984, Phillips was considered a candidate for the keeping position for the tour of the West Indies.
Rixon had to drop out when it was revealed he had signed to tour South Africa and Ray Phillips was selected in his place.
He played 7 first class games taking 13 catches with a top score of 39, against Worcestershire, where he took part in a 96 run stand with Allan Border.
Phillips gained notoriety on social media site Reddit after commentating on a Cricket Australia live stream where he proceeded to complain about aspects of cricket and life in general including players performing hand shakes and high fives, players taking unscheduled drinks breaks, toasters, and his views that the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had become too one-sided.