Henry Morgan Taylor

Henry Morgan Taylor

Date of birth	(1889-02-05)5 February 1889
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death	20 June 1955(1955-06-20) (aged 66)
Place of death	Christchurch, New Zealand
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	11 st (154 lb; 70 kg)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Halfback Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Christchurch HSOB () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1910–14 Canterbury 21 () 1913–14 South Island 2 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1913–14 New Zealand 23 (60)

Henry Morgan Taylor (5 February 1889 – 20 June 1955) was a New Zealand sportsman who played rugby union for New Zealand and cricket for Canterbury.

A skilful half-back, Taylor played for the All Blacks – New Zealand's national rugby union team – in 1913 and 1914. He toured North America with the All Blacks in 1913, and Australia in 1914, when he scored 15 tries when the All Blacks won all 10 of their matches.

Taylor played as a wicket-keeper in three matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in 1920 and 1921. He scored 40 runs, with a top score of 32. In 1926 he was one of nine directors of a company formed to finance the New Zealand team's first tour of England in 1927.

Taylor was born in Christchurch and attended Christchurch Boys' High School. He was the managing director of Taylor's, a plumbing supplies company in Christchurch. He and his wife Gwen had a son and a daughter.