Career
Educated at Lancing College, Taylor was a right-handed batsman who usually batted in the lower order in first-class cricket and a slow right-arm occasional bowler. He made a single appearance for Hampshire during the 1935 County Championship, scoring 0 and 21 in a home match against Lancashire. In the 1939 season with no other amateur available for more than a few matches, Taylor captained Hampshire, though he did not appear in the final few matches of the season when Giles Baring was available to play and was worth a place in the team on merit.
In his obituary in the 1987 edition of Wisden Cricketers" Almanack, it was noted that he "would never have claimed to be more than a club player".
He ended his career with 306 runs from 37 innings at an average of 9.27 and with a highest score of just 41, made in the match against Lancashire. A solicitor, Taylor died in Romsey, Hampshire in 1986 at the age of 76.