Francis Henry Taylor was an English Cricket

Cricket

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er who played for Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1908 and 1911.

Taylor was born at Wirksworth

Wirksworth

Wirksworth is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of over 9,000.The population of the Wirksworth area including Cromford, Bolehill and Middleton-by-Wirksworth is about 12,000. Wirksworth is listed in the Domesday Book in 1086. Within it is the source of the River...

, Derbyshire

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 the son of Walter Taylor of Fern House and his wife Alice. His father was a manufacturer of artificial fertilizer.

Taylor made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1908 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1908

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, in a match against Lancashire, when batting in the middle order he made 10 in his first innings. He played again in 1908 and in one match in the 1909 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1909

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1909 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty eight years. It was their fifteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.-1909 season:Derbyshire played...

. He played four matches in the 1910 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1910

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1910 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty nine years. It was their sixteenth season in the County Championship and they won two matches to finish fifteenth in the Championship table.-1910 season:Derbyshire played...

, and completed his career with a single match in the 1911 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1911

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1911 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty years. It was their seventeenth season in the County Championship and, winning two matches, the side ended fourteenth in the Championship table, staying just off the...

. After his first game, he almost invariably scored a duck

Duck (cricket)

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 in his first innings and a double figure score in his second innings, his last, 18 against Lancashire in 1911, being his top score. Taylor was a right-hand batsman who played 16 innings in 8 first-class matches. His top score was 18 and his average 6.33.

Taylor died at California, Derby at the age of 73.

Taylor's brother William Taylor

William Taylor (cricketer)

William Thomas Taylor was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1905 and 1910.Taylor was born at Wirksworth, Derbyshire the son of Walter Taylor of Fern House and his wife Alice...

also played cricket for Derbyshire although they never played in the same game.