Johnny Taylor (sportsman)
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Birth name | John Morris Taylor[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 10 October 1895|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stanmore, New South Wales[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 12 May 1971[1] | (aged 75)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 112) | 17 December 1920 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 10 July 1926 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 October 2022 |
John Morris Taylor (10 October 1895 – 12 May 1971) was an Australian cricket and rugby union player.
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
[edit]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 Phillip Hughes and Ashton Agar, on 11 July 2013.[3]
Rugby union career
[edit]Taylor also played two rugby union tests for the Wallabies against the New Zealand Maoris in 1922.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "John Taylor". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998. Sydney. 1999. p. 194
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
[edit]Media related to Johnny Taylor (cricketer) at Wikimedia Commons
- Johnny Taylor at ESPNcricinfo