Famous Cricketers No 99 - Bob Taylor

by the Australian authorities, did include two South African Test players, the brothers P.M. and R.G.Pollock. There were also players from England (including Bob Taylor), the West Indies, India, Pakistan and New Zealand. Taylor played in one of the representative matches. With Rohan Kanhai, Bob featured in an unfinished stand of 115 against Queensland at Brisbane. Own Team Victim Opp Byes Ct St Total 297. World XI v New South Wales, Sydney, November 12, 13, 14, (15) (Match drawn) c D.J.Colley b S.R.Bernard 13 224 256-3d 2 - - lbw b J.W.Gleeson 2 296-9 298. World XI v Queensland, Brisbane, November 19, 20, 21, 22 (World XI won by 38 runs) b W.D.Albury 2 235 c P.H.Carlson [R.A.Hutton] 246 4 3 - c R.E.Parker [N.Gifford] c W.D.Albury [Asif Masood] not out 35 416-5d c R.E.Parker [B.S.Bedi] 367 2 1 - 299. World XI v Western Australia, Perth, December 4, 5, 6, 7 (World XI won by 72 runs) c G.D.Watson b R.J.Inverarity 1 320 c R.J.Inverarity [Asif Masood] 255 0 2 1 c L.Varis [A.W.Greig] st R.W.Marsh [Intikhab Alam] not out 51 288-9d c T.M.D.MacGill [Intikhab Alam] 281 1 2 - c R.A.L.Massie [R.A.Hutton] 300. World XI v South Australia, Adelaide, December 17, 18 (South Australia won by an innings and 1 run) run out 0 167 c J.P.Causby [Asif Masood] 333 2 2 - c I.M.Chappell [B.S.Bedi] c I.M.Chappell b T.J.Jenner 0 165 301. World XI v Tasmania, Launceston, December 22, 23, 24 (World XI won by eight wickets) b K.Ibadulla 9 226-6d c B.C.Patterson [A.W.Greig] 208 1 2 - c S.J.Howard [Intikhab Alam] did not bat - 149-2 c K.Ibadulla [A.W.Greig] 164 2 1 2 st B.C.Patterson [Intikhab Alam] st B.A.H.Palfreyman [Intikhab Alam] 302. World XI v Tasmanian Combined XI, Hobart, December 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) not out 10 397-6d c I.M.Chappell [N.Gifford] 258-9d 0 2 - c K.B.Badcock [B.S.Bedi] c B.C.Patterson [B.S.Bedi] 112-5 1 1 - 303. World XI v Australia, Adelaide, January 28, 29, 31, February 1 (World XI won by nine wickets) c A.J.Woodcock b A.A.Mallett 5 367 c K.J.O’Keeffe [A.W.Greig] 311 0 2 - c J.R.F.Duncan [A.W.Greig] did not bat - 146-1 c A.J.Woodcock [G.S.Sobers] 201 0 3 - c G.S.Chappell [Intikhab Alam] c R.W.Marsh [Intikhab Alam] SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting/Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Opp Other 7 11 3 128 51* 16.00 - 1 21 3 15 2992 Career 303 425 86 5312 74* 15.66 - 10 713 77 1070 101285 1972 He was asked to join the England squad for the second Test at Lord’s as Alan Knott was a doubtful starter, but Knott was finally pronounced fit and played. Again, Derbyshire finished last in the Championship. Own Team Victim Opp Byes Ct St Total 304. MCC v Surrey, Lord’s, April 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) did not bat - 285-6d st J.H.Edrich [J.Birkenshaw] 266-8d 4 1 1 c R.D.Jackman [A.W.Greig] 35