Bruce Taylor (New Zealand cricketer)
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Full name | Bruce Richard Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Timaru, New Zealand | 12 July 1943|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 February 2021 Lower Hutt, New Zealand | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 108) | 5 March 1965 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 5 July 1973 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 14) | 18 July 1973 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 20 July 1973 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 April 2017 |
Bruce Richard Taylor (12 July 1943 – 6 February 2021) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 30 Test matches and two One Day Internationals between 1965 and 1973. He is the only cricketer to score a century and take a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match.[1][2]
International career
Taylor scored 105 and took 5–86 for
He also scored
His outstanding series was in the
Domestic career
Taylor's highest first-class score came in 1972–73, when he hit 173 against Otago at Dunedin, after coming in to bat with the score on 42 for 4.[9] He played his last first-class match in 1979–80.[2]
Later life
After retiring from cricket, Taylor served as a selector for the Wellington and Otago teams. He was also a selector for the New Zealand national cricket team when they played in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.[2]
Taylor resigned his job as bursar at John McGlashan College in Dunedin in early 1993, following allegations of financial irregularities. In the grip of a gambling addiction, he had stolen more than $368,000 from the school.[5][10][11] He pleaded guilty to 22 charges of fraud, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment. He served this sentence from 1993 to 1994.[5][11]
Taylor underwent a femoral bypass around 2016. Because his condition did not get better, one of his legs was amputated in March 2016 to stop gangrene from spreading.[5] He died on 6 February 2021, at Hutt Hospital in Boulcott. He was 77.[5][11]
A biography, "Tails" to Tell: The Bruce Taylor Story, written by Bill Francis with Taylor's co-operation, was completed just before he died and published in July 2021.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Zero sum". Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Record-holding New Zealand allrounder Bruce Taylor dies". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Internet Ventures. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "2nd Test: India v New Zealand at Kolkata, Mar 5–8, 1965". espncricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ "An Australian menace". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "New Zealand cricket genius Bruce Taylor dies in hospital, aged 77". Stuff. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Wisden 1970, p. 907.
- ^ Wisden 1973, p. 892.
- ^ Henry Blofeld, "New Zealand in the West Indies, 1971–72", Wisden 1973, p. 880.
- ^ "Remembering Bruce Taylor". New Zealand Cricket. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ISBN 978-0864732668.
- ^ a b c "Cricket: Former New Zealand test standout Bruce Taylor passes away at age 77". The New Zealand Herald. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ Geenty, Mark (14 July 2021). "Tails to Tell: Cricket's remarkable Bruce Taylor story and the race against time to write the book". Stuff. Retrieved 29 April 2022.