Alfred George Taylor (29 December 1891 – date of death unknown) was an English

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styles are unknown. He was born at

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. Taylor made his first-class debut for

against

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in the 1923 County Championship. He scored 7 runs in Essex's first-innings, before being dismissed by Arthur Morton, while in Derbyshire's first-innings he took Morton's wicket for the cost of 40 runs from 11 overs. Days after this match he played his second and final first-class match against Surrey, He scored no further runs or took any wickets in the match. His date of death is not known.

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