Famous Cricketers No 88 - Herbert Wilfred Taylor

1932/33 Back home again and returning to Natal Taylor appeared in just one match making a second innings hundred against Transvaal. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 197. Natal v Transvaal, Durban, February 3, 4, 6 (Natal won by 13 runs) c F.A.Walsh b L.H.Clayton 1 115 370 b L.S.Brown 158 458 190 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Currie Cup 1 2 0 159 158 79.50 1 - 1 Career 197 326 26 12499 250* 41.66 28 61 70 1933/34 Natal once more carried the day in the Currie Cup but apart from the first match when he made 178 runs he only made another sixty runs in the two matches which followed. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 198. Natal v Transvaal, Johannesburg, December 16, 18, 19 (Natal won by 309 runs) b N.A.Quinn 71 310 225 b A.C.B.Langton 107 443-6d 219 199. Natal v Border, Durban, January 1, 2, 3 (Natal won by an innings and 21 runs) c P.A.Thornton b R.C.Witte 30 279-6d 53 1 205 200. Natal v Western Province, Durban, March 3, 5, 6 (Natal won by 170 runs) c A.S.Kennedy b R.J.Crisp 28 214 146 b R.J.Crisp 2 324 222 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Currie Cup 3 5 0 238 107 47.60 1 1 2 Career 200 331 26 12737 250* 41.76 29 62 72 1934/35 Taylor’s final season in the Currie Cup at the age of 45 was his swansong but he had the pleasure of making his final century against Western Province at Cape Town. Once again his capacity in exceeding single figure innings was to the fore as he completed six innings with double figure scores. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 201. Natal v Orange Free State, Durban, November 24, 26, 27 (Natal won by an innings and 150 runs) c C.J.Kaplan b H.C.Fox 54 552-9d 310 1 92 202. Natal v Griqualand West, Durban, December 1, 3 (Natal won by an innings and 269 runs) did not bat - 499-2d 119 1 111 203. Natal v Transvaal, Durban, December 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c B.Mitchell b R.S.K.Rose 89 361 514-8d 1 136-2 204. Natal v Western Province, Cape Town, December 27, 28, 29 (Natal won by 328 runs) b R.J.Crisp 30 345 188 26