Famous Cricketers No 88 - Herbert Wilfred Taylor

c J.S.Heap b W.Huddleston 10 44 6 2 16 0 151 34. SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA, Trent Bridge, August 5, 6, (7) (Match drawn) b W.J.Whitty 2 329 12 5 19 0 219 35. South Africans v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 8, 9 (South Africans won by 60 runs) c and b H.M.Bannister 17 125 46 st J.Shields b J.H.King 1 73 92 36. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Kennington Oval, August 12, 13 (England won by ten wickets) c F.R.Foster b F.E.Woolley 23 95 176 1 lbw b S.F.Barnes 6 93 14-0 37. South Africans v Sussex, Hove, August 15, 16, 17 (South Africans won by four wickets) c and b A.E.Relf 14 118 - - - - 76 b H.L.Simms 25 179-6 6 2 15 0 220 1 38. South Africans v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, August 19, (20), 21 (Match drawn) c G.H.Hirst b A.Drake 8 180 4 1 7 0 149 not out 19 40-1 39. South Africans v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 22, (23), (24) (Match drawn) not out 27 69-1 3 0 14 0 170 1 40. South Africans v Essex, Leyton, August 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c J.W.H.T.Douglas b C.P.Buckenham 22 166 127 b W.Mead 22 102-5 168 41. South Africans v Gloucestershire, Bristol, August (29), 30, 31 (South Africans won by two wickets) c E.G.Dennett b C.W.L.Parker 4 79 126 b G.L.Jessop 14 114-8 64 42. South Africans v Hampshire, Bournemouth, September 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c A.S.Kennedy b K.H.C.Woodroffe 12 162 - - - - 137 lbw b H.C.McDonell 63 432 3 2 1 0 187-6 43. South Africans v L.Robinson’s XI, Attleborough, September 5, 6, 7 (L.Robinson’s XI won by 191 runs) c E.L.Kidd b H.Dean 6 151 153 c R.V.Minnett b F.A.Tarrant 21 66 255 44. South Africans v Lord Londesborough’s XI, Scarborough, September (9), (10), 11 (Match drawn) c K.S.Ranjitsinhji b S.F.Barnes 5 100 63-4 45. South Africans v Gentlemen of England, Hastings, September 12, 13, 14 (South Africans won by six wickets) c G.L.Jessop b E.L.Kidd 19 178 286 c B.J.T.Bosanquet b H.L.Simms 67 273-4 164 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches v England 3 6 0 68 31 11.33 - - 1 Test matches v Australia 3 5 1 126 93 31.50 - 1 - Other matches 29 46 4 1146 96 27.28 - 8 4 Tour 35 57 5 1340 96 25.76 - 9 5 Career 45 77 5 2052 173 28.50 1 11 9 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches v England 14 5 31 0 - - - - Other matches 106.1 30 261 14 4/36 18.64 - - Tour and Career 120.1 35 292 14 4/36 20.85 - - 1912/13 Back home again he appeared for Natal who for the second successive Currie Cup tournament were unbeaten. Taylor made 367 runs at an average of 73.40 including the highest score ever made up to that time in the competition, 250 not out against Transvaal at Johannesburg. After getting a ‘duck’ in the first innings when Natal were put out for 85 he made amends in the second innings and having 9