Bob Taylor (cricketer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bob Taylor (cricketer)

Cricket player of England.

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1941

Place of Birth: Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Bob Taylor (cricketer)

  • Robert William Taylor (born 17 July 1941) is an English former cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984.
  • He made 57 Test, and 639 first-class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches.
  • The 2,069 victims across his entire career is the most of any wicket-keeper in first-class history.
  • He is considered as one of the world's most accomplished wicket-keepers.
  • He made his first-class debut for Minor Counties against South Africa in 1960, having made his Staffordshire debut in 1958.
  • He became Derbyshire's first choice wicket-keeper when George Dawkes sustained a career-ending injury.
  • His final First Class appearance was at the Scarborough Festival in 1988.
  • He remained first choice until his retirement except for a short period in 1964 when Laurie Johnson was tried as a batsman-wicketkeeper. Taylor made his Test debut in 1971 in New Zealand at the end of the successful Ashes winning tour.
  • Though highly regarded, Taylor was unable to displace incumbent Alan Knott, a talented keeper and a superior batsman.
  • It was only when Knott joined World Series Cricket in 1977 that Taylor appeared in more Tests and was selected as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1977.
  • He continued to be England's choice keeper through the 1970s, falling three short of a maiden Test century in the 1978-79 Ashes, and retiring from Tests in 1984 – though he would make an emergency appearance for a day of Test cricket in 1986 – and all first-class cricket in 1988.

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