Phil Hosking

Phil Hosking
Personal information
Full name	Thornton Randall Philip Hosking
Date of birth	(1894-05-04)4 May 1894
Place of birth	Albert Park, Victoria
Date of death	6 August 1949(1949-08-06) (aged 55)
Place of death	Caulfield South, Victoria
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913	Melbourne	1 (0)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Career highlights
AIF Pioneer Exhibition Game, London, 28 October 1916
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

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.

The Australian Training Units Team: 28 October 1916.[7] Phil Hosking is the third man (second player) from the left, in the back row.

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]

See also

• 1916 Pioneer Exhibition Game

Notes

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.409.
2. Deaths: Hosking, The Argus, (Wednesday, 4 November 1936), p.1.
3. Marriages: Hosking—Pearson, The Ballarat Star, (Tuesday, 30 September 1884), p.2.
4. Deaths: Hosking, The Age, (Saturday, 14 July 1928), p.9.
5. First World War Nominal Roll: Corporal Albert Jeffery (sic) Hosking (381), collection of the Australian War Museum; Corporal Albert Jeffrey Hosking (381), National Archives of Australia.
6. Australian War Memorial: Roll of Honour: Private John Bruce Hosking (1959), Australian War Memorial; First World War Service Record: Private John Bruce Hosking (1959), Australian National Archives.
7. Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16688).
8. Deaths: Hosking, The Argus, (Monday, 8 August 1949), p.11.

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
• Apprehensions: Thornton Hosking, New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, No.41, (Wednesday, 11 October 1911), p.380.
• Charged with Theft: Committed for Trial, The Barrier Miner, (Wednesday, 4 October 1911) p.8.
• Quarter Sessions: Pleaded Guilty, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Friday, 13 October 1911), p.5.
• Quarter Sessions: Sentenced, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 14 October 1911), p.14.
• "No.12041, Thornton Hosking, 12-10-1911", Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, New South Wales, Australia, at ancestry.com.au (subscription only).
• Return of Prisoners Discharged to Freedom or On License: Thornton Hosking, New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime, No.30, (Wednesday, 24 July 1912), p.298.
• First World War Embarkation Roll: Private Thornton Phillip (sic) Hosking (4137), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Nominal Roll: Corporal Thornton Philip Hosking (4137), collection of the Australian War Memorial.
• First World War Service Record: Corporal Thornton Philip Hosking (4137), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• Phil Hosking's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Phil Hosking at AustralianFootball.com
• Phil Hosking, at Demonwiki.