Billy Taylor (cricketer, born 1977)

Billy Taylor

Taylor, middle of image
Personal information
Full name	Billy Victor Taylor
Born	(1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 Southampton, Hampshire, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Umpire
Relations	James Taylor (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999–2004	Sussex
2004–2009	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20 Matches 54 142 37 Runs scored 431 191 22 Batting average 10.26 6.36 22.00 100s/50s –/– –/– –/– Top score 40 21* 12* Balls bowled 8412 6311 713 Wickets 136 182 30 Bowling average 33.34 25.81 29.43 5 wickets in innings 4 1 – 10 wickets in match – – – Best bowling 6/32 5/28 2/9 Catches/stumpings 6/– 26/– 3/–
Source: [1], 27 August 2009

Billy Taylor (born 11 January 1977 in Southampton) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.

He started playing for Hampshire during the 2004 season, before which he played for Sussex. While at Sussex, he had won the Frizzell County Championship in 2003, their very first season victory in the trophy's history.

Taylor, who also played for Wiltshire, has three hat-tricks to his name ( and was listed in the 2005 C&G Trophy-winning Hampshire squad. Of late Billy has struggled to get in the side and is generally only used in the one-day format of the game.

Billy also contributes a lot to charity. In 2008 Billy walked from the County Cricket Ground in Hove to the Rose Bowl in Southampton for charity.

Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove announced on 27 August 2009 that the club had released Taylor, ending his five-year tenure at the club. He now plays for the Hampshire League side Totton & Eling. In 2011, he was added to the England and Wales Cricket Board list of reserve umpires, alongside Russell Evans and Alex Wharf.

His brother, James, has also played List A and Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire.