Howard Taylor (5 April 1908 – 30 December 1985) was an English

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er who made three first-class cricket appearances for

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in 1937.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939'', pp. 140–141.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.) Taylor was born at

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in the London Borough of Greenwich in 1908 and educated at

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. He captained the school cricket XI and played for 'The Rest' against the major Public Schools at

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in 1925 and for the Public Schools against the touring Australians in 1926.Taylor, Howard
Obituaries in 1986, '' Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 1987. Retrieved 2018-06-04.Altham HS (1926
Public School Cricket in 1925
'' Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', 1926, p.322. Retrieved from Schools Cricket Online, 2018-06-04.Oakley
Reminisces of the 1950s
Blackheath Cricket Club. Retrieved 2018-06-04. He was considered one of the best schoolboy cricketers in his age group.Altham ''op. cit'', p.302. Taylor made his first-class debut for Kent against Yorkshire in June 1937, making a pair on debut but taking the wicket of Herbert Sutcliffe. He made another two first-class appearances for the county later in the month. He played cricket during the Second World War for Civil Defence sides and made a final appearance for a non-first-class Kent side in July 1945.Howard Taylor
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-06-04. In club cricket Taylor played for Blackheath Cricket Club in the Kent League, captaining the side in the years after the Second World War. By profession he was a

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and lived in

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. He died at Tunbridge Wells in Kent in December 1985 aged 77.Howard Taylor

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. Retrieved 2018-06-04.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Howard 1908 births 1985 deaths People from Charlton, London Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich English cricketers Kent cricketers