Phipps Turnbull was a Scottish international rugby union player.Bath, p139
He was capped for six times between 1901 and 1902. He also played for Edinburgh Academicals RFC.
His half-brother Gerard Crole was also capped for Scotland, and played for the Scotland national cricket team.
References Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 )