Neil Taylor
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Neil Royston Taylor, born Farnborough, Kent
on 21 July 1959, is a former cricket
er who played first-class
and List A cricket for Kent
and Sussex
for 20 seasons between 1979 and 1998.
He made his debut in 1979 and was an opening batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He played in 325 first class matches, scoring 19,031 runs at an average of 39.56 with 45 centuries. He is now a teacher at St Dunstan's College
.
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
on 21 July 1959, is a former cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
and List A cricket for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
and Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
for 20 seasons between 1979 and 1998.
He made his debut in 1979 and was an opening batsman and an occasional off-spin bowler. He played in 325 first class matches, scoring 19,031 runs at an average of 39.56 with 45 centuries. He is now a teacher at St Dunstan's College
St Dunstan's College
St Dunstan's College is a co-educational independent school in London, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and was an all-boys establishment until 1994...
.