Reginald Taylor (cricketer)

Reginald Taylor

Personal information
Full name	Reginald Minshall Taylor
Born	(1909-09-30)30 September 1909 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Died	7 January 1984(1984-01-07) (aged 74) Hillbrow, Johannesburg, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1931 – 1946	Essex
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 206 Runs scored 6755 Batting average 20.59 100s/50s 5/27 Top score 193 Balls bowled 4654 Wickets 92 Bowling average 31.88 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/99 Catches/stumpings 185/0
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2017

Reginald Minshall Taylor (30 November 1909 – 7 January 1984) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Essex from 1931 to 1946.

He was the first professional cricketer to win the DFC, for service as an observer in Bomber Command at Dunkirk in 1940.

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.

External links

• Reginald Taylor at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Reginald Taylor at ESPNcricinfo