Johnny Taylor (cricketer)

John Morris "Johnny" Taylor (10 October 1895 – 12 May 1971) was an Australian cricket and rugby union player.

John Taylor

Taylor in 1921
Birth name	John Morris Taylor[1]
Date of birth	(1895-10-10)10 October 1895[1]
Place of birth	Stanmore, New South Wales [1]
Date of death	12 May 1971(1971-05-12) (aged 75)[1]
Place of death	Turramurra, New South Wales
School	Newington College
University	St Andrew's College University of Sydney
Notable relative(s)	Hugh Taylor (brother)
Occupation(s)	Dentist
Rugby union career
Position(s) fly-half,[1] wing National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1922[1] Wallabies 2[1] (15[1])
Cricket information
Batting	Right-hand bat
Bowling	-
International information
National side	Australian (1920-1926)
Test debut (cap 112)	17 December 1920 v England
Last Test	10 July 1926 v England
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class Matches 20 135 Runs scored 997 6274 Batting average 35.60 33.37 100s/50s 1/8 11/38 Top score 108 180 Balls bowled 114 126 Wickets 1 1 Bowling average 45.00 53.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/25 1/25 Catches/stumpings 11/0 68/0
Source: Cricinfo

He attended Newington College (1906–1915)[2] and St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney. He served with the First Australian Imperial Force as an artillery gunner in World War I and at the conclusion of the war was selected to be part of the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team which played 28 first class matches in Britain, South Africa and Australia.

Cricket career

Taylor played in 20 Tests between 1920 and 1926 and held the Australian 10th wicket partnership record with Arthur Mailey, set in Sydney in 1924/25 against England until broken by Phil Hughes and Ashton Agar on 11 July 2013.[3]

Rugby union career

Taylor also played two rugby union tests for the Wallabies against the New Zealand Maoris in 1922.[4]

References

1. "John Taylor". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998. Sydney. 1999. p. 194
3. Jack Pollard (1988). "Taylor, John Morris (1900-1971)". Australian Cricket: The Game and the Players. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 1033. ISBN 978-0-207-15269-6.
4. Jack Pollard (1984). "Taylor, John Morris (1900-1971)". Australian Rugby Union: The Game and the Players. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 607. ISBN 978-0-207-15006-7.

External links

• Media related to Johnny Taylor (cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons
• Cricinfo article on Johnny Taylor
• Johnny Taylor at Cricket Archive