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]

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 career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913 Melbourne 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1913.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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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

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Recruited from South Yarra, he played of First XVIII for Melbourne, against Collingwood, at the MCG, on 26 April 1913.

Military service

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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

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He died at his residence in South Caulfield on 6 August 1949.[8]

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