Johnny Taylor (cricketer)

For other people named John Taylor, see John Taylor (disambiguation).
John Taylor
Full 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
Playing career
Position fly-half,[1] wing
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1922[1] Wallabies 2[1] 15[1]
Cricket information
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style -
International information
National side
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

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

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

He 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

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Scrum.com player profile of John Taylor". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 194
  3. ↑ Australian Cricket - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1988) pp 1033: Taylor, John Morris (1900-1971)
  4. ↑ Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 607: Taylor, John Morris (1900-1971)


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