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836: 691:, his first match as captain of South Africa. Having won the toss and chosen to bat first he made a maiden Test century, scoring 109 in about three hours and 20 minutes. Wisden described the innings as a "superb display of batting" commenting that he played " Barnes with perfect confidence". However Taylor got little support from his teammates and South Africa were dismissed for 182. England won the Test by an innings after the hosts had managed just 111 in the second innings, Taylor scored eight. England also won the second Test at 1018:, an England XI and the Rest of England side. He returned to South African domestic cricket for the 1932/33 season although he played only one match. Now at Natal he played against former team Transvaal and scored 158. Over the following two seasons he played eight further matches and adding two further centuries. The last of his 30 first-class centuries came in December 1934 at the age of 45. In March 1936 he made a brief comeback playing one first-class match for Western Province against the touring Australians. 989:'s 14 wickets saw Australia win by ten wickets. In the fifth Test, South Africa made totals of just 36 and 45 and lost by an innings. Taylor was dismissed for a duck in the first innings and made two in the second. The duck was the first since his debut Test, a run of 72 innings which was a then Test record. His series total of 314 runs made him South Africa's second highest scorer behind Mitchell. In the tour as a whole he was also second behind Mitchell, Taylor scored 813 runs with one century against 782:. Despite the eight-year gap after the hosts' last Test, Taylor was still captain. In the first Test at Durban, Taylor was dismissed for one in the first innings, and he moved down the order to number four for the second innings and the remainder of the series. From the unaccustomed position he made scores of 29, 47, 80, 26 and 17 to finish the series with a total of 200 runs at an average of 33.33. After the first two Tests were drawn, Australia won the three match series with a ten wicket victory at 2159: 952:

draw. In the fourth Test he top scored in the first innings with 72, the innings took South Africa past the follow on which was crucial in securing another draw. England needed to win the fifth Test to level the series but they were unable to dismiss South Africa quickly in the first innings having put them in and the hosts controlled the match from there. South Africa drew the match and therefore won the series 1–0, it was Taylor's first series victory as a Test player.

38: 1039:(40.79). The aforementioned records were all surpassed by Bruce Mitchell in the late 1940s. Taylor had most of his success on the matting pitches of South Africa, he averaged 48.80 and scored six of his centuries at home. In comparison, his average outside of South Africa was 30.16 and 20 Tests produced a single century. He scored 2,001 of his Test runs at home and this aggregate remained a record until after 717:. There was a six-week gap between the third and fourth Tests, in which period the MCC played seven tour matches. The last of these was against Natal, and just like in the earlier tour fixture Taylor dominated the scoring for the hosts. In a low scoring match he scored 91 (out of a team total of 153) and 100 (out of 216/6), as Natal won by 4 wickets. Only one other batsman in the match passed fifty. 647:"in little more than an hour". Wisden noting that Taylor's "driving was splendid". In South Africa's two remaining fixtures he scored 31 runs, to finish with a series aggregate of 194 at an average of 19.40. South Africa had a poor series, losing five of their six Tests, drawing the other which was rain affected. Taylor finished the whole tour with 1340 runs, a figure only bettered by 3328: 795:

largest by a South African against England. South Africa won the Test by 168 runs, it was Taylor's first victory as captain and as a Test player. He followed that in the second Test with scores of 9 and 68 as England narrowly won by one wicket. In the third Test at Durban he was moved back up to open the innings, he scored 91 and shared 110 with

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Despite the results under him Taylor does have a number of captaincy achievements to his name. He holds the record for longest time spent as Test captain, he took charge of his first Test on 13 December 1913 and his last on 16 August 1924, a period of 10 years and 251 days. Taylor is one of two South

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Taylor captained his nation in four series and 18 Tests in total and although he had personal success in averaging 47.96 during this period, the team lost all four series and they won only one Test with him in charge. However this was indicative of South Africa at the time and during his whole career

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end of series report stated: "Excellent in style and a powerful driver, he is likely to make a great mark before he is much older". In 1912/13 Taylor captained Natal as they won the Currie Cup. He started his captaincy career with a match against Transvaal, in the second innings of which he scored an

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described Taylor's innings of 101: "By restrained methods he gradually obtained a mastery over the bowling and then hit so freely that he scored 101 out of 170 in two hours and twenty-five minutes". Taylor scored 36 and 29 in the fifth and final Test which South Africa won by eight wickets to square

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Three South African seasons passed without an international tour, in this time Taylor moved from Natal to Transvaal prior to the 1925/26 season. He had a successful first season with his new side, captaining them to win the Currie Cup and scoring 344 runs at an average of 68.80. The following season

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Yet at his deadliest Barnes met a worthy opponent in H. W. Taylor, who played with ease and assurance in each Test match...how possibly could any mortal batsman be subjected to a severer ordeal—Barnes on matting, with wickets falling at the other end all the time? H. W. Taylor must be counted one of

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as "the most attractive batting display for South Africa." England followed on in the match but were able to draw the match. The third match was also drawn but on this occasion England had the better of the play, Taylor scored an unbeaten 64 from a total of 145/8 in the second innings to ensure the

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he scored 7 and 34, however his first innings was the top score for South Africa as they were dismissed for 30 in 12.3 overs. It equalled the record for the lowest Test total, the previous score of 30 also set by South Africa against England. It was also the only occasion in Test history that not a

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as Transvaal won the title for a third time in five seasons. The following season saw England tour for a five Test series which witnessed a first series victory for South Africa since 1910. Taylor missed the first Test which South Africa won by 28 runs. He returned for the second at Cape Town and

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recorded: "The batting of both men reached a very high standard and, coming as it did in such circumstances, was easily the best in point of class and skill shown by the South Africans in the whole series of Tests." The stand was a South African record for the fourth wicket until beaten in 2003 by

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considered his driving to be "admirable in its power and certainty". In the fifth and final Test at The Oval Taylor scored his first Test century outside of his homeland. He scored 121 including 12 boundaries, the innings came with South Africa 20/3 in their first innings, Taylor alongside captain

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described the performance as 'disappointing' but commented: "There can be no doubt that the anxiety of captaining a beaten team told upon him and that he would have done far better if he had had nothing to think about but his own batting." In the tour as a whole he played in 34 first-class matches

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scored two centuries in the match and South Africa were set a target of fourth innings target of 344. Taylor, at number four, batted for four and a half hours over an innings of 102 however he received little support from his teammates and South Africa lost by 109 runs. Taylor finished the series

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Taylor scored 42 and 87 as South Africa lost by ten wickets. In the second innings he shared a century stand with Billy Zulch for the second time in the series, this time they put on 129. Despite the 4–0 defeat Taylor finished the series as the leading run scorer on either side with 508 runs in 10

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for a third time in 1929, as part of a young and inexperienced squad he was one of only three players who had toured the country previously. After Taylor scored two in the drawn first Test, he missed both second and third Tests with an injury. This was the first time Taylor hadn't appeared in the

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For the majority of Taylor's career there were only two other Test nations, Australia and England and he only played against different opposition, New Zealand, in his final Test. Of Taylor's 42 Tests, 30 were against England. He scored all of his centuries and accumulated 2,287 runs against that

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The following season saw England tour and just like nine years previous Taylor was at his best. In the first Test at Johannesburg he batted at number three and in the second innings scored a superb 176, the next highest score in the match was 50. Taylor's knock included 25 boundaries and was the

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he top scored in both innings with 94 and 116. His good form continued into the third Test where he made scores of 59 not out and 56. He shared 54 and 99 run partnerships with Bob Catterall as South Africa averted a third consecutive innings defeat however they still lost by nine wickets. Rain

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Taylor reached a peak batting rating of 844 (out of 1000), this placed him top of the batting rankings. He reached this mark in February 1923 following his innings of 102 in the fifth Test of the home series with England. He remained top of the rankings for only a single match but did disturb

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and made innings of seven and six in the second at Sydney, South Africa lost both Tests by wide margins. They gained a first innings lead of 160 in the third but still lost, this time by 169 runs, Taylor contributed 11 and 38. His highest innings of the series came in the fourth Test at

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Test team since his debut in 1912. He returned for the fourth Test at Old Trafford and played two attacking innings in defeat. In the first innings scoring 28 of the 32 added while at the crease, while in the second innings he was dismissed for 70 with the score at 113.

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In the fourth Test at Durban South Africa avoided defeat despite Sydney Barnes excellent form continuing, he claimed 14 more wickets to take his series tally to 49. Taylor was dismissed by him in both innings, scoring 16 in the first and 93 in the second, an innings

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which were prevalent in South Africa at the time and scored six of his seven centuries at home. His batting was also noted for quick footwork and exceptional 'backplay'. He became the first South African to pass 2,500 Test runs and was selected one of

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commentated that although he wasn't the dominating personality of previous years he was still the man England had most to fear. In the whole tour he scored 1,575 first-class runs at 38.41, the highest average amongst the tourists.

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he didn't fare as well, dismissed for nine having come to the crease following a large opening stand. This was his final innings in Test cricket as he announced his retirement from that form of the game prior to the second Test.

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single batsman had reached double figures. Despite scoring 390 in the second innings they lost by an innings and 18 runs, the same margin of defeat followed in the second Test at Lord's where Taylor made scores of four and eight.

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the series. It was the first time in his Test career that Taylor hadn't finished on the losing side in a series. He ended the series as South Africa's top scorer with 412 although Bob Catterall had a marginally higher average.

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At the time of his retirement Taylor held a number of South African Test batting records, including most runs (2,936), centuries (7) and half-centuries (17). His average of 40.77 was only fractionally behind that of

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Following the Australia tour South Africa played two Tests in New Zealand, the first Tests to be staged between the two teams. In the single warm-up match before the first Test, Taylor scored 113 against

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with 582 runs at 64.66 and was the highest scorer on either side, his total was 278 more than the next South African. His series total was at the time a Test record for a captain, later surpassed by

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Taylor took his Test best bowling figures in the third Test which was again staged in Johannesburg, in England's first innings he took three wickets for 15 runs (3/15) from 10 overs. In dismissing

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Taylor played only two Currie Cup matches in the 1929/30 season, but made centuries in both. In the final two matches of the season he scored 142 against Western Province and 139 against

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for the first time since 1910/11, it was therefore Taylor's first tour of the country. Without the chance of a draw, all Tests in Australia at the time were Timeless, South Africa were

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unbeaten 250 in 225 minutes, out of a score of 384/5 declared. Only one other player passed fifty in the match. This score remained the highest of his first-class career.

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noted it was "perhaps the most skilful of all Test performances by a batsman." It also led Cardus to count Taylor as "one of the six greatest batsmen of the post-

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affected the final two Tests of the series and both were drawn, Taylor scored 18 not out at Old Trafford and 11 at The Oval. His series total was 197 at 32.83.

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Taylor continued to play first-class cricket for a short period. In 1932 he spent the season in England playing for a variety of teams including: the MCC, the

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In Currie Cup matches he scored 3,226 runs at an average of 58.65 and was part of seven championship winning teams, four with Natal and three with Transvaal.

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Taylor only enjoyed four Test victories, he played a large part in the first two of these scoring centuries in the Johannesburg wins of 1922 and 1928.

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he made his maiden half-century, batting at number six he top scored with 93 in a first innings total of 263. From 74/5 he put on a 97-run stand with

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opposition. In England-South Africa contests only Mitchell has scored more runs while the seven centuries is a record he shares with Mitchell,

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team, he opened the batting in both innings, scoring 55 and 30. After finishing the 1910/11 season as second highest run scorer in the

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Taylor took up coaching schoolboys upon retirement. He lived in Cape Town near the Newlands ground which was where he died in 1973.

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Taylor top scored with 116, his second century of the tour. The third match saw South Africa return to Edgbaston, this time against

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wrote: "The English cricketers were unanimous that finer batting than his against Barnes at his best they never hoped to see."

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by an innings, Sydney Barnes taking record Test match figures of 17/159, Taylor fell to him twice for scores of 29 and 40.

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described as "more cautious than usual". In that second innings he shared a 69-run partnership with his older brother

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England toured South Africa in 1927/28 for a five-Test series. Taylor was no longer captain, having been replaced by

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wrote: "Taylor, who hit out freely when fear of defeat had gone, played a masterly game, but he had a little luck".

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Cardus also wrote that Taylor's performance was "perhaps the most skilful of all Test performances by a batsman".

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in 1936. His three centuries in the series set a South African Test record which was only bettered in 2003/04 by

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scored a seventh Test century. He was one of three South African centurions but Taylor's 117 was considered by

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after the home side had been dismissed for 50. In the first match of the tournament between South Africa and

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he struggled for runs scoring 39 in four innings. In South Africa's second Test against Australia at

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They were three tour matches between the second and third Tests, in the second of these against

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The first international opponents for South Africa following the War were Australia, who toured

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and scored 1,898 runs, marginally fewer than Dave Nourse but with a higher average of 42.17.

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who scored 806 runs including four centuries. Taylor scored 41 and 47 in the first match at

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report of the series recorded that "H. W. Taylor as a batsman was in a class by himself".

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tossing the coin before the first Test match at Edgbaston in Birmingham on 14 June 1924.

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African captains to have scored centuries in their first match in charge, the other is

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Taylor's greatest achievement is generally reckoned to be scoring 508 runs at an

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in 1913/14, the tourists final game before the Tests began was against Natal at

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Taylor played only two matches in the 1923/24 season prior to the South Africa

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in the first innings, scoring 83 in a total of 124, in the second he scored 42

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who was making his Test debut. In the fifth and final Test of the series at

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where he scored 78 and 84, in both innings he shared century stands with

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With the series still level at 1–1, the fifth and final Test was made

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he claimed his maiden Test wicket, his other two wickets were that of

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innings, his aggregate was 227 ahead of the next best South African,

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as the match was drawn. He carried this form into the first Test at

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from the top spot, the only person to do so between 1912 and 1928.

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School from 1903 to 1907, during which period he was coached by

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in the Test series. Part of the reason for this dominance was

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he scored 481 runs at 80.16 as Transvaal retained the title.

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Taylor returned to cricket in 1919/20 having won the

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John Wisden & Co. 1913 1332:. John Wisden & Co. 1913 490:of the side. Specifically a 3732:Western Province cricketers 3692:Royal Flying Corps officers 3212:. BBC Sport. 4 January 2004 1432:"Currie Cup 1912/13, Table" 1087:On subsequently calculated 3778: 3658:denote deputised captaincy 2160:"Player Oracle: HW Taylor" 203:Domestic team information 152:International information 21:Herbie Taylor (footballer) 18: 3652: 3387: 2228:. BBC Sport. 13 July 2007 450: 446: 274: 265: 210: 207: 198: 173:Test debut (cap 35: 3722:South African cricketers 3702:KwaZulu-Natal cricketers 3697:Royal Artillery officers 960:In 1931/32 South Africa 180:27 May 1912 v 3282:. Reliance ICC Rankings 1134:. Michaelhouse Old Boys 1001:. In the first Test at 849:tour of England in 1924 780:South Africa in 1921/22 669:Marylebone Cricket Club 126:Right-arm unknown style 16:South African cricketer 3762:Alumni of Michaelhouse 3687:Cricketers from Durban 3510:1955; 1956/57; 1957/58 1025:Records and statistics 844: 749: 467:Herbert Wilfred Taylor 61:Herbert Wilfred Taylor 1118:Background of Cricket 1010:After Test retirement 838: 767:and two years in the 765:Royal Field Artillery 744: 601:Triangular Tournament 595:Triangular tournament 3747:Gentlemen cricketers 3335:at Wikimedia Commons 395:5 wickets in innings 52:Personal information 3551:; 1994/95–1999/00: 3238:on 27 December 2008 673:toured South Africa 524:1913–14 Test series 407:10 wickets in match 103:Newlands, Cape Town 32: 3727:Gauteng cricketers 3588:2005/06; 2008/09: 845: 769:Royal Flying Corps 579:. 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