Famous Cricketers No 88 - Herbert Wilfred Taylor

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 72. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Johannesburg, December 23, 26, 27, 28 (South Africa won by 168 runs) * c G.Brown b P.G.H.Fender 23 148 182 c A.E.R.Gilligan b A.S.Kennedy 176 420 218 1 73. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Cape Town, January 1, 2, 3, 4 (England won by one wicket) * b P.G.H.Fender 9 113 183 c V.W.C.Jupp b G.G.Macaulay 68 242 173-9 74. Natal v M.C.C., Pietermaritzburg, January 12, 13, 15 (M.C.C. won by 236 runs) c C.A.G.Russell b P.G.H.Fender 41 124 248 lbw b A.E.R.Gilligan 0 130 242-6d 75. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Durban, January 18, 19, 20, 22 (Match drawn) * c F.E.Woolley b G.G.Macaulay 91 368 428 11-1 76. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Johannesburg, February 9, 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) * c C.A.G.Russell b P.G.H.Fender 11 295 244 c C.A.G.Russell b A.S.Kennedy 101 247-4 2 2 0 0 376-6d 77. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Durban, February 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 (England won by 109 runs) * c C.A.G.Russell b A.E.R.Gilligan 3 179 281 1 c P.G.H.Fender b A.S.Kennedy 102 234 241 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 0 582 176 64.66 3 2 3 Other Natal match 1 2 0 41 41 20.50 - - - Season 6 11 0 623 176 56.63 3 2 3 Career 77 133 9 4959 250* 39.99 9 25 30 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 2 2 0 0 - - - - Career 161.1 48 408 18 4/36 22.66 - - 1923/24 This season was an anticlimax as Taylor only appeared in two matches. One in the Currie Cup against Griqualand West where he made only 5 and a friendly against Transvaal where he made 49 in a match ruined by the weather. He did however pass 5,000 runs in his career at a very healthy average. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 78. Natal v Transvaal, Durban, November 30, December 1 (Natal won by nine wickets) c C.A.Smith b B.G.von B.Melle 49 213 144 did not bat - 37-1 105 79. Natal v Griqualand West, Johannesburg, December 15, 17 (Natal won by seven wickets) c C.D.McKay b J.L.Daly 5 187 103 1 did not bat - 86-3 169 14