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bruce taylor -lrb- cricketer -rrb-
 bruce taylor
bruce taylor -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

bruce richard taylor -lrb- born 12 july 1943 in timaru -rrb- scored 105 and took 5-86 for new zealand on test debut against india at calcutta in 1964-65 , the only man to have completed this all-round feat on debut .
taylor , who had never scored a first-class century before , and had played only three first-class matches , came in at no. 8 and slammed 105 in 158 minutes with 14 fours and three sixes and helped bert sutcliffe -lrb- 151 not out -rrb- add 163 for the seventh wicket .
he also scored new zealand 's fastest test century in 1969 , a record that stood until daniel vettori broke it in 2005 .
in the first test against the west indies at auckland , taylor came in with the score at 152 for 6 and hit 14 fours and five sixes .
his 50 came up in 30 minutes , and his century in 86 minutes .
he finished on 124 .
this second test century was , remarkably , also his second first-class century .
his outstanding series was in the west indies in 1971-72 .
in a batsman 's series , in which all five tests were drawn , and no other bowler took more than 14 wickets , taylor took 27 wickets at 17.70 in four tests .
his best test figures came in the third test in bridgetown , when he took 7 for 74 to dismiss the west indies for 133 before tea on the first day , bowling , wisden said , `` quite superbly '' .
of his overall performance in the series , wisden said , `` tight control allied to a high action enabled him to extract any bounce going and there was no greater trier in the entire new zealand party . ''
his 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 .
he played his last test on the tour to england in 1973 , and his last first-class match in 1979-80 .
since finishing as an active player he has served as a selector for the wellington , otago and national teams .
in early 1993 he resigned his job as bursar from john mcglashan college in dunedin following allegations of financial irregularities .
in the grip of a gambling addiction , he had stolen $ 360,000 from the school .
