Scotch Taylor
Alistair Innes 'Scotch' Taylor (1925 - 7 Fabrairu, shekara ta 2004 a birnin Johannesburg) ya Afrika ta Kudu wasa da suka buga na farko-aji wasan kurket da hockey for Transvaal, da kuma kyaftin din da Transvaal wasan kurket tawagar for hudu yanayi. Taylor ya wakilci Afirka ta Kudu a gwajin Cricket daya a shekara ta  1956. Ya kasance tsohon dalibin Makarantar King Edward VII, ya kafa sashin squash a cikin kulob din Old Edwardians, kuma an zabe shi shugaban kungiyar Hockey ta Afirka ta Kudu .

Taylor ya mutu sakamakon bugun jini  yana da shekaru 78 a rayuwa.

Sana'ar wasan kurket 
Haihuwar 25 ga watan Yulin, shekara ta 1925 a Johannesburg, Taylor babban jemage ne, kuma ya fara buga gasar cin kofin Currie a matsayin mai buɗe ido da Rhodesia a 1950-51 . Ya ci karni na farko a wasan da ya biyo baya, yayin da Griqualand West ta sha kashi da ci 332 kuma Taylor ya kara 204 don bugun farko tare da gogaggen dan Afirka ta Kudu Eric Rowan, wanda ya karya tarihin rikodin Currie Cup na baya yayin wasan.  Transvaal ya lashe Kofin Currie na 1950 - 51, ya buga wasa ɗaya kacal, kuma tare da gudanar da 368 Taylor ya gama na goma a gasar Currie Cup yana da ƙima, kawai a bayan Rowan don Transvaal. A cikin kakar 1951 - 52, Taylor ya fita daga cikin ƙungiyar kuma Transvaal ya koma zuwa Sashe na B, amma ya dawo tare da wickets ɗari da huɗu a wasan share fage na farko da Natal a watan Nuwamban shekara ta 1952. Kuma duk da cewa ya faɗi a matsayi na 25 a cikin wasannin da ake yi na kakar wasa, ya buga 164 a cikin nasarar da aka samu a kan iyaka, inda ya ƙara 274 tare da Rowan a farkon wicket. Ya yi, duk da haka, ya yi rikodin maki shida a ƙasa da 20, kuma an jefa shi a wasan dawo da iyaka, inda Transvaal ya yi rashin nasara. Hakanan an yi amfani da ƙwallonsa, yayin da ya ɗauki wickets 10 a matsakaicin ƙwallon ƙafa na 32.30 a kakar.

Babu Kofin Currie a kakar wasa mai zuwa, amma har yanzu Taylor ya buga wasanni na aji uku na farko, duk da cewa an sake shi. A kan yawon shakatawa na 'yan New Zealand Taylor ya yi fama da lamba bakwai; a cikin wasan da ruwan sama ya shafa a Ellis Park, Transvaal ya buga 145 don takwas a cikin 29 over, tare da Taylor ya mari Tony MacGibbon, Bob Blair da John Richard Reid don tsere 64, 40 fiye da kowane dan wasan Transvaal. Transvaal ya baiyana cikin dare, yana biye da gudu 71, amma New Zealand ta ci ranar don yin canjaras. 

Ba tare da Taylor ba, Transvaal ya ci wasan su na farko na 1954-55, amma Taylor ya taka leda a wasan da ke kare Yankin Yammacin Yammacin Turai, yana yin babban matsayi mafi girma na 180 kamar yadda Transvaal ya ci nasara ta hanyar innings da gudu 306. Mako mai zuwa a kan Natal, shi da Ken Funston sun ɗauki Transvaal a cikin tsere 32 na farko na Natal duka tare da wickets takwas a hannu, amma Hugh Tayfield da Ian Smith, sannan Tayfield ya ɗora ta don tara yayin da Transvaal ya yi 99 don neman burin 246 don cin nasara. Kamar yadda Trevor Goddard '55 ya taimaki Natal ya fitar da ƙwallo 46 a fafatawar da aka yi, inda Taylor ya ci 61 daga cikin ƙungiyarsa ta 423 da ke gudana cikin innings biyu, kuma Transvaal kuma ya kasa doke lardin Yammacin Turai, dole ne su gamsu da matsayi na biyu. ; tare da tsere 461, mafi yawan Taylor da ya yi a lokacin gasar cin kofin Currie, Taylor ya gama na bakwai a jerin gwanon amma ya kai matsakaicin matsakaicin bugun. 

Taylor ya sami matsayin kaftin dinsa a kakar wasa mai zuwa, inda ya jagoranci tawagarsa zuwa nasara 52 a lardin Gabas da jagorantar gasar, amma ya biyo baya ta hanyar samun nasara daga Hugh Roy (mai matsakaicin matsakaici tare da matsakaicin aikin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na 42) a matsayin Transvaal ya bi 272 don nasarar su ta uku. Duk da rashin nasara na 91 Endean, Transvaal ya sha kashi, kuma Lardin Yammacin ya fara daga farkon wanda zai kai ga lashe Kofin Currie. Har ila yau Transvaal ya rasa sauran fafatawar da suka yi da Lardin Yammacin Turai, yayin da suka fatattaki 120 tare da kwallaye takwas a kan wicket da ruwan sama ya shafa. Taylor ya zira kwallaye mafi yawa bayan an saka shi a bude.  Koyaya, ya samu hamsin kawai a cikin kakar, kuma tare da gudu 235 ya gama na 34 akan teburin wasannin Currie Cup.

Babu wasan kurket na Currie a kakar wasa mai zuwa, yayin da Ingila ta zagaya kuma ta buga wasanni 20 na matakin farko. Koyaya, akwai wasan aji na farko tsakanin Transvaal da Natal, kuma bayan ƙarewa a cikin innings na farko Taylor ya buga 85 yayin da Transvaal ya murmure daga raunin innings na farko na 145 don cin wasan da wickets uku. Taylor ya buga wasanni biyu na Transvaal da XI na Afirka ta Kudu a kan masu yawon buɗe ido, kuma tare da kyaftin Jackie McGlew daga cikin tawagar Gwajin da raunin da ya sa aka ɗauke shi don gwajin farko da aka fara a Hauwa'u Kirsimeti. Ya ƙare tare da 12 da 6 a cikin ƙirarsa biyu, yayin da Ingila ta ci Jarabawa ta gudu 131. McGlew ya dawo don Gwaji na biyu, amma bai sami damar sake yin wasa ba, amma a yanzu an fi son mai buɗe Rhodesia Tony Pithey a kan Taylor, wanda ya ƙare kakar tare da matsakaicin matakin aji na 22.

Lokaci na gaba ya ɗan fi kyau. Kodayake Transvaal ya sake doke Natal, Taylor ya sake fitowa cikin adadi ɗaya, kuma a cikin wasanninsa biyu da ya yi da Australiya masu yawon buɗe ido ya kasa yin hamsin koda sau ɗaya, don haka ya kasa wuce 50 a karon farko tun lokacin wasansa ɗaya a 1949- 50. Shekaru hamsin da hamsin a kakar da ta biyo baya sun taimaka masa ya kai matsakaicin adadin batutuwan zuwa 24.92 kamar yadda aka sake buga gasar Currie Cup, kuma a lokacin ruwan sama ya gama na 20 a cikin ƙidaya kuma Transvaal ya lashe Kofin bayan cin nasara akan Lardin Yammacin da kuma yi kunnen doki da Natal a wasanni biyu na ƙarshe. Taylor ya kasance kyaftin a wasanni hudu daga cikin shida.

Adadinsa na ƙarshe ya zo a kakar wasa mai zuwa, a cikin tsere na 197 tare da Russell Endean yayin da Innings da 44 suka ci nasara, tare da Transvaal ya rasa wickets biyu kawai. Taylor ya yi tsere 353, na goma a gasar Currie, amma kawai ya yi 15 da 0 a matsayin mai yanke hukunci kan Natal, wanda Natal ya zana don lashe taken bayan sanya Transvaal ya biyo baya. Ya yi wasansa na ƙarshe da ƙungiyar Cavaliers ta Duniya wacce ta zagaya Afirka ta Kudu a farkon watanni na kakar 1960-61, inda ya yi 7 da 41 a kan ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Fred Trueman da Brian Statham.

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Ya mutu ranar 7 ga watan Fabrairu, shekara ta 2004 a Johannesburg.

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