George Taylor (cricketer)

George Rammell Taylor (born 25 November 1909 in Havant, Hampshire; died 21 October 1986 at Romsey, Hampshire) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire.[1]

George Taylor

Personal information
Full name	George Rammell Taylor
Born	25 November 1909 Havant, Hampshire, England
Died	21 October 1986 (aged 76) Romsey, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1935 – 1939	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition F-c Matches 24 Runs scored 306 Batting average 9.27 100s/50s –/– Top score 41 Balls bowled 21 Wickets 1 Bowling average 21.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/8 Catches/stumpings 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 August 2009

Educated at Lancing College, Taylor was a right-handed batsman who usually batted in the lower order in first-class cricket and a slow right-arm occasional bowler. He made a single appearance for Hampshire during the 1935 County Championship, scoring 0 and 21 in a home match against Lancashire.[2] In the 1939 season with no other amateur available for more than a few matches, Taylor captained Hampshire, though he did not appear in the final few matches of the season when Giles Baring was available to play and was worth a place in the team on merit. The move to appoint Taylor as captain was not a success, and the team won only two out of 23 matches under his captaincy. In his obituary in the 1987 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, it was noted that he "would never have claimed to be more than a club player".[3] He ended his career with 306 runs from 37 innings at an average of 9.27 and with a highest score of just 41, made in the match against Lancashire.[4]

A solicitor, Taylor died in Romsey, Hampshire in 1986 at the age of 76.

References

1. "George Taylor". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
2. "Scorecard: Hampshire v Lancashire". www.cricketarchive.com. 27 July 1935. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
3. "Obituaries". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1987 ed.). Wisden. p. 1247.
4. "Scorecard: Hampshire v Lancashire". www.cricketarchive.com. 7 June 1939. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

External links

• George Taylor at Cricinfo
• George Taylor at CricketArchive