Johnny Taylor (cricketer)
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Full name | John Morris Taylor[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | [1] | 10 October 1895||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Stanmore, New South Wales [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Turramurra, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Newington College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | St Andrew's College University of Sydney |
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Notable relative(s) | Hugh Taylor - Brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Dentist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | fly-half,[1] wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922[1] | Wallabies | 2[1] | 15[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp 194
- ↑ Australian Cricket - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1988) pp 1033: Taylor, John Morris (1900-1971)
- ↑ Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 607: Taylor, John Morris (1900-1971)
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