Birth Date: | 5 February 1889 |
Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Height: | 5' 7" |
Weight: | 11 stone |
Position: | Halfback |
Amatteam1: | Christchurch HSOB |
Province1: | Canterbury |
Province2: | South Island |
Provinceyears1: | 1910–14 |
Provinceyears2: | 1913–14 |
Provinceapps1: | 21 |
Provinceapps2: | 2 |
Repyears1: | 1913–14 |
Repcaps1: | 23 |
Reppoints1: | 60 |
Henry Morgan Taylor (5 February 1889 – 20 June 1955) was a New Zealand sportsman who played rugby union for New Zealand and cricket for Canterbury.
A skilful half-back, Taylor played for the All BlacksNew Zealand's national rugby union team in 1913 and 1914.[1] He toured North America with the All Blacks in 1913, and Australia in 1914, when he scored 15 tries when the All Blacks won all 10 of their matches.[2]
Taylor played as a wicket-keeper in three matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in 1920 and 1921. He scored 40 runs, with a top score of 32.[3] In 1926 he was one of nine directors of a company formed to finance the New Zealand team's first tour of England in 1927.[4]
Taylor was born in Christchurch and attended Christchurch Boys' High School. He was the managing director of Taylor's, a plumbing supplies company in Christchurch. He and his wife Gwen had a son and a daughter.[5]