testdebutagainst deliveries death_date columns testcap family catches/stumpings year birth_date alt bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting image name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international nickname role testdebutdate lasttestagainst source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
australia balls 342 1,185 8 february 1973 2 77 dan father -rrb- taylor -lrb- brother -rrb- , daniel taylor -lrb- 19 / -- 75 / -- 1936 -- 1924 1912 1933 -- 1935 1932 1925 -- 1930 1910 5 may 1889 herbie taylor in 1931 right-arm unknown 0 0 south africa newlands , cape town , south africa western province natal mcc transvaal natal 0 0 right-handed herby_taylor . jpg herbie taylor 1932 herbert wilfred taylor durban , colony of natal test first-class true herbie , herby batsman 27 may new zealand http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/0/350/350.html cricketarchive 1889 5 5 yes 2,936 13,105 1912 5 22 27 february 7/17 30/64 42 206 herbie taylor

herbie taylor

herbert wilfred taylor mc -lrb- 5 may 1889 -- 8 february 1973 -rrb- was a south african cricketer who played 42 tests for his country including 18 as captain of the side .
specifically a batsman , he was an expert on the matting pitches 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 wisden 's cricketers of the year in 1925 .
in domestic cricket , he played for natal , transvaal and western province .
taylor 's greatest achievement is generally reckoned to be scoring 508 runs at an average of 50.80 in the 1913 -- 14 test series against england , in spite of english bowler sydney barnes taking a record 49 wickets in the series at 10.93 .
the cricket historian h.s. altham wrote : `` the english cricketers were unanimous that finer batting than his against barnes at his best they never hoped to see . ''
neville cardus 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-grace period '' .
