Famous Cricketers No 88 - Herbert Wilfred Taylor

156. South Africans v Scotland, Perth, July 20, 22 (South Africans won by an innings and 5 runs) c J.D.Martin b T.Watson 125 297 148 144 157. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Old Trafford, July 27, 29, 30 (England won by an innings and 32 runs) b A.P.Freeman 28 130 427-7d c M.Leyland b A.P.Freeman 70 265 158. South Africans v Somerset, Taunton, July 31, August 1, 2 (South Africans won by an innings and 34 runs) st A.G.Marshall b G.Hunt 18 302-4d 122 146 159. South Africans v Glamorgan, Swansea, August (3), 5, 6 (Match drawn) not out 36 98-5 237 160. South Africans v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) c R.E.S.Wyatt b G.A.E.Paine 15 263 399 c J.H.Parsons b F.S.G.Calthorpe 30 336-7 161. South Africans v Essex, Leyton, August 10, 12, 13 (South Africans won by 327 runs) c F.W.Gilligan b M.S.Nichols 95 389-7d 237 b H.J.Palmer 67 281-8d 106 162. South Africans v Hampshire, Southampton, August 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b O.W.Herman 42 259 279 c L.H.Tennyson b G.S.Boyes 34 408-8d 158-3 163. SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND, Kennington Oval, August 17, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c L.E.G.Ames b E.W.Clark 121 492-8d 258 264-1 164. South Africans v Sussex, Hove, August 28, 29, 30 (South Africans won by 217 runs) c M.W.Tate b E.H.Bowley 57 330 239 c J.G.Wagener b J.H.Parks 19 290 164 165. South Africans v C.I.Thornton’s XI, Scarborough, September 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c E.H.Hendren b W.E.Astill 15 211 388 b M.W.Tate 23 273-8 130-3d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 4 0 221 121 55.25 1 1 1 Other matches 24 42 5 1354 125 36.59 2 6 - Tour 27 46 5 1575 125 38.41 3 7 1 Career 165 273 23 10268 250* 41.07 22 51 59 1929/30 Back in South Africa Taylor had a major success in scoring two consecutive hundreds in the Currie Cup both matches being won by Transvaal by an innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 166. Transvaal v Western Province, Johannesburg, March 1, 3 (Transvaal won by an innings and 16 runs) c H.G.O.Owen-Smith b D.P.B.Morkel 142 449 227 206 167. Transvaal v Rhodesia, Bulawayo, March 29, 30, 31 (Transvaal won by an innings and 11 runs) * c W.Wood b D.S.Tomlinson 139 417 194 1 212 22