Johnny Taylor (sportsman)

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John Taylor

Taylor in 1921

Birth name

John Morris Taylor^[1]

Date of birth

10 October 1895^[1]

Place of birth

Date of death

12 May 1971 (aged 75)^[1]

Place of death

School

University

Notable relative(s)

Occupation(s)

Rugby union career

Cricket information

Batting

Right-handed

International information

National side

Test debut (cap 112)

17 December 1920 v England

Last Test

10 July 1926 v England

Career statistics

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

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]

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

^ ^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.

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