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| Full name | Archibald Robert Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 November 1941 Westport, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1963/64–1965/66 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975/76–1978/79 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,7 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Archibald Robert Taylor (born 26 November 1941) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Wellington and List A cricket for Auckland. [1] [2]
Taylor was a promising right-arm fast-medium bowler who played 13 matches of first-class cricket for Wellington between 1963 and 1966 before his career was interrupted by injury. [3] He resumed as a medium-pace bowler for a few one-day matches for Auckland in the 1970s. [3] In his last match he took two wickets to help Auckland win the final of the Gillette Cup in December 1978. [4] His best first-class figures were 6 for 47 in Wellington's two-wicket victory over Northern Districts in the 1965–66 Plunket Shield. [5]
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