John Wilgar Taylor
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Rugby union player from Northern Ireland
Rugby player
Born(1859-06-30)30 June 1859
County Armagh, Ireland
Died16 December 1924(1924-12-16) (aged 65)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Position(s)
Forward
Position(s)
Forward
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John Wilgar Taylor (30 June 1859 — 16 December 1924) was an Irish international rugby union player.
The son of a merchant, Taylor was raised in County Armagh and attended Queen's University Belfast.[1]
Taylor, a forward, captained Belfast club North of Ireland FC and was capped eight times for Ireland from 1879 to 1883, which included a stint as team captain.[2] He was also captain of the North of Ireland Cricket Club, leading two Northern Cricket Union Challenge Cup-winning sides.[3]
A Fellow of the Ulster Medical Society, Taylor had a medical practice on Ormeau Road in Belfast.[4]
References
- ↑ "Remarkable Record in Cricket and Football Fields". Belfast News-Letter. 18 December 1924.
- ↑ "John Wilgar Taylor (1859 - 1924)". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk.
- ↑ "Death of Dr John W. Taylor". Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 27 December 1924.
- ↑ "Dr John W. Taylor". Northern Whig. 18 December 1924.
External links
- John Wilgar Taylor at ESPNscrum (archived)
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