average of 22. The next season was little better. Though Transvaal again beat Natal, Taylor once again got out in single figures, and in his two matches against the touring Australians he failed to make fifty even once, thus failing to pass 50 for the first time since his one-game season in 1949–50. Three fifties the following season helped him up the batting average to 24.92 as the Currie Cup was once again played for, and in a rain-affected season he finished 20th in the runs tally and Transvaal won the Cup after a win over Western Province and a draw with Natal in the final two games. Taylor was captain in four of the six games. His last hundred came the following season, in a 197-run stand with Russell Endean as Border were defeated by an innings and 44 runs, with Transvaal losing only two wickets. Taylor made 353 runs, tenth in the Currie Cup, but only made 15 and 0 in the title decider against Natal, which Natal drew to win the title after making Transvaal follow on. He made his final game against the International Cavaliers side that toured South Africa in the early months of the 1960–61 season, making 7 and 41 against an opening-bowler pair of Fred Trueman and Brian Statham. He died 7 February 2004 in Johannesburg. References External links 1925 births 2004 deaths South Africa Test cricketers South African cricketers Gauteng cricketers