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Henry Taylor (cricketer, born 1875)

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Henry Taylor
Personal information
Full name
Henry Blair Johnson Taylor
Born1 June 1875
Dalhousie, India, Punjab,
British India
Died29 May 1903(1903-05-29) (aged 27)
Bengeo, Hertfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1897Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 3
Batting average 1.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 3
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 July 2022

Henry Blair Johnson Taylor (1 June 1875 – 29 May 1903) was an Indian-born English sportsman who played both rugby union and first-class cricket for Cambridge University in the mid 1890s.[1][2] He was born at Dalhousie in British India and died at Bengeo, Hertfordshire.

Taylor was the son of General Reynell Taylor and was educated at Newton College in Devon and at Jesus College, Cambridge.[3][4] Arriving at Cambridge in 1894, he was picked and awarded a Blue for The Varsity Match rugby game against Oxford University in his first year, and again in 1896, appearing as a wing three-quarter back.[5] His first-class cricket career as a right-handed middle-order batsman was all over within a week, and consisted of two matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club, both won by Cambridge by an innings, which meant that he had just two first-class innings and in them he made only three runs.[1]

Taylor graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897.[4] He became a schoolmaster, initially in Leamington, and then at Elstree School but left in 1901 to join the Paget's Horse regiment for the Second Boer War.[3] Invalided home, he resumed his educational career as a master at Bengeo school, but died from pneumonia a year later.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Henry Taylor". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Henry Taylor". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Sudden Death of the Son of the Late General Reynell Taylor". East and South Devon Advertiser/British Newspaper Archive. 13 June 1903. p. 4.
  4. ^ a b J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Henry Taylor". Cambridge, University Press. p. 124. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Football, Rugby Union Rules: Oxford v Cambridge". The Times. No. 34445. London. 12 December 1894. p. 7.