Famous Cricketers No 99 - Bob Taylor

612. England XI v Northern Districts, Hamilton, January 14, 15, 16 (England XI won by 77 runs) did not bat - 287-3d c J.G.Wright [N.G.Cowans] 111 0 2 - c C.W.Dickeson [N.A.Foster] did not bat - 194-2d c J.G.Wright [I.T.Botham] 293 0 2 - c D.J.White [I.T.Botham] 613. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, January 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) run out 14 463 c B.A.Edgar [I.T.Botham] 219 4 3 - c J.J.Crowe [N.A.Foster] c M.C.Snedden [R.G.D.Willis] did not bat - 69-0 c B.A.Edgar [R.G.D.Willis] 537 4 2 - c M.C.Snedden [N.A.Foster] 614. England XI v Otago, Dunedin, January (27), 28, 29 (Match drawn) b S.L.Boock 28 194-8d 152-9d 4 - - did not bat - 118-4 615. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, February 3, 4, 5 (New Zealand won by an innings and 132 runs) c J.J.Crowe b B.L.Cairns 2 82 c J.G.Wright [N.G.Cowans] 307 8 4 - c R.J.Hadlee [R.G.D.Willis] c B.L.Cairns [R.G.D.Willis] c S.L.Boock [R.G.D.Willis] run out 15 93 616. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, February 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) st I.D.S.Smith b S.L.Boock 23 439 496-9d 0 - - 16-0 0 - - 617. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Karachi, March 2, 3, 4, 6 (Pakistan won by three wickets) lbw b Abdul Qadir 4 182 c Anil Dalpat [R.G.D.Willis] 277 0 1 - c Mohsin Khan b Tauseef Ahmed 19 159 66-7 1 - - 618. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Faisalabad, March 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c Salim Malik b Abdul Qadir 0 546-8d 449-8d 0 - - c Qasim Omar [G.R.Dilley] 137-4 0 1 - 619. ENGLAND v PAKISTAN, Lahore, March 19, 20, 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) lbw b Safraz Nawaz 1 241 c Abdul Qadir [N.A.Foster] 343 0 1 - b Safraz Nawaz 5 344-9d 217-6 0 - - SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting/Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Byes Opp Test matches 6 9 0 83 23 9.22 - - 12 - 17 3064 Other 4 4 1 133 86 44.33 - 1 8 - 6 1228 Tour 10 13 1 216 86 15.00 - 1 20 - 23 4292 Career 619 856 160 11737 100 16.86 1 23 1444 170 2358 222916 1984 Derbyshire slipped to twelfth place in the championship winning only four matches. Having announced that he would retire at the end of the season Bob had a royal progress around the counties, the applause which accompanied him indicating the respect and affection in which he was held. In the match against Gloucestershire at Gloucester in June, whilst bowling, he took his only wicket in first-class cricket when he had A.W.Stovold caught by B.Roberts. He also featured in his last century partnership adding 172 for the fifth wicket with K.J.Barnett against Middlesex at Derby whilst scoring only 44 himself. Own Team Victim Opp Byes Ct St Total 620. Derbyshire v Leicestershire, Chesterfield, April 28, 30, May 1 (Leicestershire won by 11 runs) b N.G.B.Cook 6 214 297 0 - - not out 7 321 249-4d 6 - - 621. Derbyshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c J.Stanworth b P.J.W.Allott 0 394 c J.Simmons [P.G.Newman] 269 0 1 - 190-2 15 - - 65