Famous Cricketers No 88 - Herbert Wilfred Taylor

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 64. Natal v Australians, Durban, October 29, 31, November 1 (Australians won by 193 runs) c R.E.Mayne b A.A.Mailey 66 164 212 1 b J.M.Gregory 23 139 284-7d 65. SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA, Durban, November 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) * c H.S.T.L.Hendry b J.M.Gregory 1 232 299 c and b E.A.McDonald 29 184-7 324-7d 66. SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA, Johannesburg, November 12, 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) * c A.A.Mailey b J.M.Gregory 47 243 450 c H.S.T.L.Hendry b J.M.Gregory 80 472-8d 7-0 67. SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA, Cape Town, November 26, 28, 29 (Australia won by ten wickets) * c T.J.E.Andrews b E.A.McDonald 26 180 5 2 12 0 396 2 run out 17 216 1-0 68. Natal v Transvaal, Johannesburg, December 24, 26, 27 (Transvaal won by 60 runs) lbw b A.E.Hall 68 286 283 b W.F.E.Marx 41 293 356-8d 69. Natal v Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, December 31 January 2, 3 (Orange Free State won by 42 runs) b E.G.Hill 2 123 266 b E.A.Budgen 116 354 253 1 70. Natal v Griqualand West, Durban, March 25, 27 (Natal won by ten wickets) c N.V.Tapscott b L.G.Tapscott 72 322 130 did not bat - 33-0 224 1 71. Natal v Western Province, Durban, April 1, 3, 4 (Natal won by eight wickets) c W.W.A.Colson b L.D.Buys 0 252 223 not out 22 61-2 89 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 6 0 200 80 33.33 - 1 2 Currie Cup 4 7 1 321 116 53.50 1 2 2 Other Natal match 1 2 0 89 66 44.50 - 1 1 Season 8 15 1 610 116 43.57 1 4 5 Career 71 122 9 4336 250* 38.37 6 23 27 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 5 2 12 0 - - - - Career 159.1 46 408 18 4/36 22.66 - - 1922/23 The M.C.C. came for the first time since 1913/14 and had been forced to send probably not the best team they would have wished, Hobbs being an absentee through ill health. But F.T.Mann still had a very strong team and although South Africa won the First Test by a fair margin they fell away afterwards and suffered defeat. To Taylor it didn’t make much difference either way and he made a large century in the First Test, another at Johannesburg in the Fourth Test and a third at Durban in the Fifth Test. In between he had 68 and 91 and made 582 runs at an average of 64.66. E.P.Nupen who wrote an article in the second volume of the South African History by M.W.Luckin said “Taylor batted as only he and a few others can bat, scoring freely all round the wicket”. The Currie Cup did not take place but he played for Natal against the tourists where he scored 41. 13