Johnny Taylor (sportsman)

John Taylor
	Taylor in 1921
Birth name	John Morris Taylor
Date of birth	10 October 1895
Place of birth	Stanmore, New South Wales
Date of death	12 May 1971 (aged 75)
Place of death	Turramurra, New South Wales
School	Newington College
University	St Andrew's College; University of Sydney
Notable relative(s)	Hugh Taylor (brother)
Occupation(s)	Dentist
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	fly-half, wing
International career
Years	Team
1922	Wallabies
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
International information
National side	Australia (1920–1926);
Test debut (cap 112)	17 December 1920 v England
Last Test	10 July 1926 v England
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 12 October 2022

John Morris Taylor (10 October 1895 – 12 May 1971) was an Australian cricket and rugby union player.

He attended Newington College (1906–1915)^[2] and St Andrew's College within the University of Sydney. He served with the First Australian Imperial Force as an artillery gunner in World War I and at the conclusion of the war was selected to be part of the Australian Imperial Forces cricket team which played 28 first class matches in Britain, South Africa and Australia.

Cricket career

Taylor played in 20 Tests between 1920 and 1926 and held the Australian 10th wicket partnership record with Arthur Mailey, set in Sydney in 1924/25 against England, until broken by Phillip Hughes and Ashton Agar, on 11 July 2013.^[3]

Taylor also played two rugby union tests for the Wallabies against the New Zealand Maoris in 1922.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "John Taylor". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998. Sydney. 1999. p. 194
^ Jack Pollard (1988). "Taylor, John Morris (1900–1971)". Australian Cricket: The Game and the Players. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 1033. ISBN 978-0-207-15269-6.
^ Jack Pollard (1984). "Taylor, John Morris (1900–1971)". Australian Rugby Union: The Game and the Players. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. p. 607. ISBN 978-0-207-15006-7.