Johnny Taylor (sportsman)

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

John Taylor

Taylor in 1921
Birth name	John Morris Taylor[1]
Date of birth	(1895-10-10)10 October 1895[1]
Place of birth	Stanmore, New South Wales[1]
Date of death	12 May 1971(1971-05-12) (aged 75)[1]
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) fly-half,[1] wing International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1922[1] Wallabies 2[1] (15[1])
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
Competition Test First-class Matches 20 135 Runs scored 997 62,74 Batting average 35.60 33.37 100s/50s 1/8 11/38 Top score 108 180 Balls bowled 114 126 Wickets 1 1 Bowling average 45.00 53.00 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 1/25 1/25 Catches/stumpings 11/– 68/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 October 2022

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.