John Wilgar Taylor | |
Birth Date: | 30 June 1859 |
Birth Place: | County Armagh, Ireland |
Death Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Position: | Forward |
Repyears1: | 1879–83 |
Repcaps1: | 8 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
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]