Don Taylor (cricketer)
 The New Zealand Test team, Christchurch, March 1947. Don Taylor is on the right of the middle row, next to the manager. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Donald Dougald Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1923 Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 December 1980 (aged 57) Epsom, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 45) | 21 March 1947 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 9 March 1956 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946-47 to 1959-60 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 to 1953 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Donald Dougald Taylor (2 March 1923 – 5 December 1980) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1947 to 1956. His nickname was "Bloke", because of his frequent use of the word.
Cricket career
A middle-order batsman, Taylor made his first-class debut in 1946-47, when he scored 205 runs at 51.25[1] to help Auckland win the Plunket Shield. In their last match of the season Auckland needed 236 to beat Canterbury and were 76 for 4 when Taylor came to the wicket. He scored 98 not out in an unbroken match-winning partnership of 161 with Bert Sutcliffe.[2]
Later that season he made 12 batting at number five in his first Test, against England. He was recalled nine years later in 1955-56 against the West Indies after making 254 runs at 36.28 that season in the Plunket Shield.[3] Batting at number four in the Third Test he made 43 and 77, top-scoring for New Zealand, and he was retained for the Fourth Test, which was New Zealand's first Test victory; Taylor made 11 and 16.[4]
He played for Auckland from 1946-47 to 1948-49, then as a professional for Warwickshire from 1950 to 1953, without establishing himself in the county side,[5] then returned to New Zealand to play for Auckland from 1953-54 to 1960-61.
Batting for Auckland against Canterbury in 1948-49 he and his partner Bert Sutcliffe achieved a world record by taking part in two opening partnerships of over 200 runs in the one match – 220 and 286.[6] His 143 in the second innings of this match was his only first-class century.
See also
References
- ^ Plunket Shield batting averages, 1946-47
- ^ Auckland v Canterbury, 1946-47
- ^ Plunket Shield batting averages, 1955-56
- ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 255–58.
- ^ Wisden 1982, p. 1210.
- ^ Auckland v Canterbury, 1948-49