Johnny Taylor (cricketer)

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 Australian 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

External links

• Cricinfo article on Johnny Taylor
• Johnny Taylor at Cricket Archive