Born at Cardiff, South Wales on 7 August 1876, the son of John Jennings, timber merchant, and Mary Lawley, his wife. He was educated at Cardiff University and in Geneva, with the intention of entering his father's business. He quickly abandoned work in the office, entered St Bartholomew's Hospital a

Miles Harris Phillips was born at Portishead, near Bristol in 1875, and was educated at Bristol Grammar School where he became captain of cricket, and his love of the game was life-long. He did his pre-clinical studies at University College, Bristol, and then came to King's College and the London Ho