What is Bruce Taylor (New Zealand cricketer)?
[[File:Bruce Richard Taylor 1967.jpg|thumb|200px|Taylor in 1967]] '''Bruce Richard Taylor''' (12 July 1943 – 6 February 2021) was a [[New Zealand]] [[cricket]]er. He played 30 [[Test cricket|Tests]] and 2 [[One Day International|ODIs]] for his [[New Zealand national cricket team|country]] between 1965 and 1973. He is the only cricketer to score a century and take a five-[[Dismissal (cricket)|wicket]] haul in their first Test match. Taylor was born in [[Timaru]]. He was sentenced to one year [[imprisonment]] for [[fraud]]. He served his sentence between 1993 and 1994. Taylor died on 6 February 2021 in [[Boulcott]], [[Lower Hutt]]. He was 77.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/cricket-former-new-zealand-test-standout-bruce-taylor-passes-away-at-age-77/TRQHWF647YMNHDXEJBKVM5U2L4/|title=Cricket: Former New Zealand test standout Bruce Taylor passes away at age 77|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=5 February 2021|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{cricketarchive|id=1265}} * {{cricinfo|id=38609}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Bruce}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand cricketers]] [[Category:People from Timaru District]] {{sports-bio-stub}}