Index: src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java	(revision 797438)
+++ src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/ComplexPhraseQueryParser.java	(working copy)
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     if (isPass2ResolvingPhrases) {
       boolean oldConstantScoreRewriteSetting = getConstantScoreRewrite();
       try {
+    	
         // Temporarily set constantScoreRewrite to false so that Parser will
         // generate visible
         // collection of terms which we can convert into SpanQueries.
@@ -205,12 +206,17 @@
     // parse
     // thread is through
     protected void parsePhraseElements(QueryParser qp) throws ParseException {
-      // TODO ensure that field-sensitivity is preserved ie the query
-      // string below is parsed as
-      // field+":("+phrasedQueryStringContents+")"
-      // but this will need code in rewrite to unwrap the first layer of
-      // boolean query
-      contents = qp.parse(phrasedQueryStringContents);
+      String oldDefaultParserField=qp.field;
+      try
+      {
+    	  //temporarily set the QueryParser to be parsing the default field for this phrase e.g author:"fred* smith" 
+    	  qp.field=field;
+    	  contents = qp.parse(phrasedQueryStringContents);
+      }
+      finally
+      {
+    	  qp.field=oldDefaultParserField;
+      }
     }
 
     public Query rewrite(IndexReader reader) throws IOException {