John Taylor (2 July 1849 — 2 March 1921) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm medium-pace bowler who played for

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

during the 1876 season. Taylor was born and died in Beeston. Taylor made one first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire, in a County match against

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in which he was bowled by

Edward Grace Edward Mills Grace (28 November 1841 – 20 May 1911) was an English first-class cricketer in the second half of the 19th century who was an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling slow right arm underarm. He played for Gloucestershire C ...

in the first innings, and caught off the bowling of Edward's brother,

WG Grace William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket First-class c ...

, in the second. Taylor scored just one run during the match and did not play first-class cricket again.

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