Career
Born at Bedminster, Bristol, Taylor was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler who made three apperarances in first-class cricket, though was mostly associated with minor counties cricket. Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket for Warwickshire against Hampshire in the 1908 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances for Warwickshire in the 1909 County Championship against Yorkshire and Derbyshire.
A bowler, Taylor took 9 wickets at an average of 28.55, with best figures of 4/99.
He began playing minor counties cricket for Staffordshire in 1921, playing intermittently in the Minor Counties Championship for the next decade, with fifteen appearances up to 1932. His best match figures for Staffordshire came in 1931 against Denbighshire, when he took 12/72 in the match.
He died at Leek, Staffordshire on 25 August 1960.