Geoffrey Brooke-Taylor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeoffrey Brooke-Taylor
cricketer
Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1895
Place of Birth: Bakewell, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 13-Jan-1968
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Geoffrey Brooke-Taylor
- Geoffrey Parker Brooke-Taylor (25 October 1895 – 13 January 1968) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1919 and 1920, for Derbyshire in 1920 and for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1928. Brooke-Taylor was born at Bakewell Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire.
- He was educated at Cheltenham College where he was cricket captain in his last year.
- On 6 October 1914 he joined the 4th North Midland (Howitzer) Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery as a Second Lieutenant.
- and served with them in World War I.
- In January 1918 he was awarded the Military Cross "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when under heavy and continuous shell fire for five hours with his battery.
- During the shelling a dump of charges caught fire, and he, with others, succeeded in removing a large pile of neighbouring shell which was all the time in imminent danger of explosion.
- His prompt action and gallantry saved a large amount of ammunition and material and probably many lives."After the war, Brooke-Taylor attended Cambridge University There he played nineteen matches for Cambridge University in 1919 and 1920.
- In the Varsity match in 1919 he scored 55 in the second innings, helping Gilbert Ashton to put on 74 for the fifth wicket before he was run out.
- However Oxford won that year, and the match the following year was a draw.
- He made his top score for Cambridge in 1920 against Sussex.
- He also appeared in one match for Derbyshire in the 1920 season against Somerset and made 30 and 14.
- By 1926 he was in Argentina where he played two matches against MCC that winter.
- Back in England in 1928 he played for MCC against Derbyshire, and in 1930 had returned to Argentina where he played two matches against Julien Cahn's XI.Brooke-Taylor was a left-hand batsman and played 40 innings in 25 first-class matches with an average of 19.94 and a top score of 84.
- He was an occasional wicket-keeper. Brooke-Taylor died at Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina at the age of 72.
- His nephew David Brooke-Taylor also played for Derbyshire.
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