Reginald Minshall Taylor (30 November 1909 – 7 January 1984) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Essex from 1931 to 1946.
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| Full name | Reginald Minshall Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1909 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1984 (aged 74) Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1931 – 1946 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was the first professional cricketer to win the DFC, for service as an observer in Bomber Command at Dunkirk in 1940.[1]
Dudley Carew said of him:
In the early 'thirties Taylor would have gone down on a short list [of] the most promising young batsmen in England, but somehow he could never get into the habit of making runs consistently. He had a charming cut, and could not make a stroke that was ungraceful, but whether it was some unconscious negligence in his make-up ... or some flaw in his technique, his batting average was a constant disappointment.[2]
References edit
- ^ Reginald Taylor at CricketArchive
- ^ Dudley Carew, To the Wicket, Chapman & Hall, London, 1946, p. 73.
External links edit
- Reginald Taylor at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Reginald Taylor at ESPNcricinfo
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