Herbie Taylor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Herbie Taylor South Africa (RSA)

Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm bowler
	Tests	First-class
Matches	42	206
Runs scored	2936	13105
Batting average	40.77	41.86
100s/50s	7/17	30/64
Top score	176	250*
Balls bowled	342	1185
Wickets	5	22
Bowling average	31.19	25.45
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-
Best bowling	3/15	4/36
Catches/stumpings	19/-	75/-
Test debut: 27 May 1912 Last Test: 27 February 1932 Source: [1]

Herbert Wilfred Taylor (born 5 May 1889 in Durban, died 8 February 1973 in Cape Town) was a South African cricketer who played 42 Tests for South Africa, becoming the first South African batsman to hit 2,500 Test runs. He also captained South Africa in four Test series, and was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1925. In domestic cricket, he played for Natal, Transvaal and Western Province.

His greatest achievement is generally reckoned to be scoring 508 runs at 50.80 in the 1913-4 Test series against England, in spite of Sydney Barnes taking 49 wickets in the series at 10.93. The cricket historian H.S. Altham wrote: "The English cricketers were unanimous that finer batting than his against Barnes at his best they never hoped to see."