| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Charles William Taylor |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Banbury, Oxfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium-fast |
| Club1: | Middlesex |
| Year1: | 1990 - 1995 |
| Club2: | Oxfordshire |
| Year2: | 1986 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 33 |
| Runs1: | 175 |
| Bat Avg1: | 10.93 |
| 100S/50S1: | - / - |
| Top Score1: | 28 |
| Deliveries1: | 4,453 |
| Wickets1: | 72 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 33.62 |
| Fivefor1: | 1 |
| Tenfor1: | - |
| Best Bowling1: | 5/33 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/ - |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 12 |
| Runs2: | 8 |
| Bat Avg2: | 8.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | - / - |
| Top Score2: | 3 |
| Deliveries2: | 425 |
| Wickets2: | 8 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 43.87 |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/33 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 5/ - |
| Date: | 16 March |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21476.html Cricinfo |
Charles William Taylor (born 12 August 1966) is a former English cricketer. Taylor was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-fast. He was born at Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Taylor first appeared in county cricket for Oxfordshire, making a single appearance for his home county in the 1986 Minor Counties Championship against Devon.[1] Taylor later made his first-class debut for Middlesex against Nottinghamshire in the 1990 County Championship. He made 32 further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Oxford University in 1995.[2] A bowler capable of brisk pace, in his 33 first-class appearances for Middlesex, he took a total of 72 wickets at an average of 33.62, with best figures of 5/33.[3] These figures were his only first-class five wicket haul and came against Yorkshire in his second first-class appearance in 1990.[4] His most successful season with the ball came in 1992, when he featured in eighteen first-class matches, taking 35 wickets at an average of 40.71.[5] With the bat, he scored a total of 175 runs during his career, which came at a batting average of 10.93, with a high score of 28 not out.[6]
Taylor also played List A cricket for Middlesex, with his debut in that format coming against Gloucestershire in the 1991 Refuge Assurance League. He made eleven further List A appearances for the county, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1994 AXA Equity & Law League.[7] In his twelve List A appearances, he took a total of 8 wickets at an average of 43.87, with best figures of 2/33.[8] His career ended in a freak accident in which he injured his back, while changing the tyre on his car after suffering a puncture when the security poles inside the Grace Gates at Lord's activated while he was driving over them.[9]