Harry Phillips

Henry "Tick" Phillips (21 August 1868 – 10 August 1923) was an Australian footballer and champion player for Port Adelaide. He is widely considered to be the club's greatest player of the nineteenth century. Phillips played sixteen seasons for Port Adelaide. For his final two seasons, he was appointed captain. Junior Football In his early years Phillips played football for the Kingston Football Club in the South Australian Junior Football Association. In an 1885 post season summary of Kingston, the junior leagues premiership team, a local sports columnist described Phillips football ability as "[He] plays to perfection; takes everything coolly and marks well. One of the best all round men in the team." Football career Phillips made his debut for the Port Adelaide against at Alberton Oval in his club's first fixture of the 1886 SAFA season. Phillips kicked his first goal for Port Adelaide the following week against Norwood at Alberton Oval. Phillips would go on to play all of Port Adelaide's 15 games in his debut season. In 1888 during Round 8 against Medindie at Alberton Oval, Phillips kicked 5 goals. At the end of the 1888 SAFA season, Phillips would be awarded his first Port Adelaide best and fairest.