Timothy John Taylor (born 28 March 1961) is a former English
cricket
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er. Taylor was a right-handed
batsman
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who bowled
slow left-arm orthodox
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Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left-arm bowler using the fingers to spin ...
. He was born in
Romiley
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Oxford University Cricket Club
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against Leicestershire. He made 7 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came in the 1981
University Match
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against
Cambridge University
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. In his 7 first-class matches for the university, he took 24 wickets at an
average
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of 35.91, with best figures of 5/81. These figures, one of two
five wicket haul
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s he took for Oxford, came against
Middlesex
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in 1981. While attending the university, he played for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Sri Lankans in 1981. He played a further two first-class matches in that season against the Sri Lankans, one for the
Minor Counties
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and another for
Lancashire
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. He made two further first-class appearances in 1981 for Lancashire, both in the
County Championship
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against Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
He continued to play
Minor counties
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cricket for Cheshire at this time, making his lone List A appearance for the county against
Hampshire
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in the
NatWest Trophy
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It was one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties competed each season. They were joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. La ...
. In a match which Hampshire won by 6 wickets, Taylor took the wicket of
Trevor Jesty
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Steve Malone
Steven John Malone (born 1953) is a former English first-class cricketer. Malone was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
Early career
Malone made his debut in county cricket for Essex in the 1975 season against Cambridge U ...
. As well as playing his final matches for Oxford University in 1982, he also played his final first-class match for Lancashire, which came in a County Championship match against
Kent
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. In 4 first-class appearances for Lancashire, he took 4 wickets at an average of 47.60, with best figures of 2/63. 1982 also saw Taylor make his final Minor counties appearance for Cheshire, having made 16 Minor Counties Championship appearances.
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