Famous Cricketers No 99 - Bob Taylor

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting/Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Opp Test matches 3 2 0 65 64 32.50 - 1 5 - 21 1187 Championship 10 10 2 173 43 21.62 - - 22 3 51 3878 Other Derbyshire 1 2 1 48 25* 48.00 - - 4 - 3 300 Season 14 14 3 286 64 26.00 - 1 31 3 75 5365 Career 503 704 129 9822 97 17.08 - 20 1174 142 1931 174972 1979/80 - England in Australia and India England lost all three matches against Australia in this Test series and then went on to Bombay to play in a special match to celebrate the Indian Golden Jubilee. Bob established a new world record by taking ten catches in the match and although he only scored 43 Bob featured in a memorable sixth wicket partnership of 171 with Ian Botham. During this tour he scored his ten thousandth run in first-class cricket. Own Team Victim Opp Byes Ct St Total 504. England XI v Tasmania, Hobart, November 30, December 1, 2 (England XI won by 100 runs) did not bat - 214-3d c D.A.Smith [D.L.Underwood] 71-3d 0 1 - did not bat - 135-1d 178 0 - - 505. England XI v South Australia, Adelaide, December 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) did not bat - 252-2d 226-4d 0 - - c J.E.Nash b A.A.Mallett 0 227-7d c J.E.Nash [J.K.Lever] 181-3 0 1 - 506. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Perth, December 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 (Australia won by 138 runs) b G.S.Chappell 14 228 c R.W.Marsh [G.R.Dilley] 244 4 3 - c R.J.Bright [I.T.Botham] c D.K.Lillee [I.T.Botham] b D.K.Lillee 15 215 c B.M.Laird [D.L.Underwood] 337 4 3 1 c A.R.Border [R.G.D.Willis] st G.S.Chappell [D.L.Underwood] c P.M.Toohey [I.T.Botham] 507. England XI v Queensland, Brisbane, December 28, 29, 30, 31 (England XI won by 138 runs) c T.V.Hohns b G.J.Cosier 32 324 c W.G.Morgan [J.K.Lever] 237 0 4 - c J.N.Langley [J.K.Lever] c R.B.Phillips [G.B.Stevenson] c C.G.Rackemann [P.Willey] b G.J.Cosier 3 274-8d 223 10 - - 508. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 4, 5, 6, 8 (Australia won by six wickets) c R.W.Marsh b D.K.Lillee 10 123 c G.S.Chappell [D.L.Underwood] 145 2 3 - c K.J.Hughes [I.T.Botham] c G.Dymock [I.T.Botham] b D.K.Lillee 8 237 c R.B.McCosker [D.L.Underwood] 219-4 0 1 - 509. England XI v New South Wales, Canberra, January 27, 28, 29 (England XI won by eight wickets) not out 47 203 c T.M.Chappell [G.B.Stevenson] 212-7d 1 2 - c P.M.Toohey [D.L.Underwood] did not bat - 254-2 c A.M.J.Hilditch [D.L.Underwood] 243-2d 0 1 - 510. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, February 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (Australia won by eight wickets) b D.K.Lillee 23 306 477 13 - - c A.R.Border b D.K.Lillee 32 273 103-2 0 - - 511. ENGLAND v INDIA, Bombay, February 15, 17, 18, 19 (England won by ten wickets) lbw b Kapil Dev 43 296 c S.M.Gavaskar [I.T.Botham] 242 5 7 - c D.B.Vengsarkar [G.B.Stevenson] c S.M.Patil [I.T.Botham] c Kapil Dev [I.T.Botham] c K.D.Ghavri [G.B.Stevenson] c S.Yadav [I.T.Botham] c D.R.Doshi [I.T.Botham] did not bat - 98-0 c S.M.Gavaskar [I.T.Botham] 149 4 3 - c G.R.Viswanath [I.T.Botham] c S.Yadav [I.T.Botham] 55