Tom Taylor (born Henry Thomas Taylor; July 7, 1911 — July 20, 1970) was a

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er. He was a right-handed batsman who played first-class cricket for

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. He was born in Cardiff and died in Pontypridd. Having played club cricket with

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during the 1930s, Taylor played three

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for Glamorgan between 1932 and 1934, though he had little success with the bat - sixteen of his seventeen first-class runs coming in a single innings. Between 1935 and 1950 Taylor played in at least six

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matches for Glamorgan's Second XI - and during this decade he also took charge of four matches as umpire.

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