lastodiyear testdebutagainst deliveries columns testcap catches/stumpings year birth_date odidebutdate bowling tenfor country club fivefor batting odicap name lasttestyear fullname birth_place column international nickname odidebutagainst role lastodidate testdebutdate lasttestagainst source lastodiagainst date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches odidebutyear article_title
1984 new zealand balls 12 0 117 0 4 449 167/7 26/6 1473/176 345/75 1961 -- 1984 1971 17 july 1941 5 september occasional right arm medium -- -- -- -- england derbyshire -- -- -- -- right-handed 25 bob taylor 1984 robert william taylor stoke-on-trent , staffordshire , england tests odi fc la true chat west indies wicket-keeper 25 february 25 february pakistan http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21494.html cricinfo new zealand 1941 7 17 yes 1,156 130 12,065 2,227 1971 0 -- 1 -- 24 march 0/3 0/0 1/23 0/1 57 27 639 333 1973 bob taylor -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

bob taylor -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

robert william taylor -lrb- born 17 july 1941 -rrb- , known as bob taylor , is a former english 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 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 .
