Ken Taylor (cricketer, born 1935)
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| Full name | Kenneth Taylor | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1953–1965 | Huddersfield Town | 250 | (14) |
| 1965–1967 |
Bradford (Park Avenue) | 51 | (1) |
| 1968 | Sligo Rovers | 5 | (0) |
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| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 4 June 1959 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 2 July 1964 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 7 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ken Taylor (born 21 August 1935)[1] is an English former cricketer, who played in three Tests for England from 1959 to 1964. He also played first-class cricket for Yorkshire. He was renowned as a good player of spin and was one of the best cover fielders of his generation, while his medium pace 'darts' broke many a stubborn partnership for his county captains, Vic Wilson and Brian Close.[1]
The cricket correspondent, Colin Bateman, commented that Taylor was, "a fine, straight-hitting batsman and brilliant fielder.... yet he never made full use of his bounteous abilities and was affected by nerves when the stakes were high". Bateman added, "'A total enigma' was how one former team-mate described him".[1]
He was also a professional footballer in the winter, and later a professional artist.[1]
Early life
Taylor's father repaired looms in the local weaving industry. His maternal grandfather was a
Ken attended Stile Common School in Huddersfield.
Football career
He joined the groundstaff at Huddersfield Town after leaving school in 1950, and made 250 first-team appearances for them from 1953 to 1965, before playing for
Cricket career
Taylor was also an important member of the successful Yorkshire team which dominated the
Art career
His father encouraged him to find a job that would continue after he stopped "playing games", and he studied at Huddersfield Art School and then the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1956,[1] and became a professional artist. After retiring from cricket he taught art at Gresham's School in Norfolk for more than thirty years. His son, Nick Taylor, also played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, Surrey and Somerset.[1]
A biography, Ken Taylor: Drawn to Sport by Stephen Chalke, with illustrations by Taylor, was published in 2006.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
- ^ Cricketarchive.com
- ^ Fairfield Books website Archived 12 August 2013 at archive.today Retrieved 12 August 2013.
External links
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