Phil Newland

Philip Mesmer Newland (2 February 1875 to 11 August 1916) was an Australian sportsman who excelled at Australian rules football, cricket and lacrosse. Educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, and the University of Adelaide, where he studied law, he was called to the Bar in 1899. He was a leading lacrosse player for Adelaide University and represented South Australia in the sport until he retired from it in 1904. In cricket he played Sheffield Shield matches for South Australia as a wicket-keeper and was a reserve wicket-keeper on the 1905 Australian tour of England, playing ten first-class matches there. He also captained the Norwood Football Club to the South Australian Football Association premiership in 1904. Chronic poor health followed the tour, and he practised law in Balaklava until shortly before his death at his home in Knightsbridge, Adelaide, leaving a widow and four children.