Ross Taylor is by no means the first of that surname to be signed by Nottinghamshire. Here are five other Taylors to have donned the famous green and gold.

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Brendan Taylor

The Zimbabwe international served the Club for three years as a highly-effective middle order batsman before returning to his homeland towards the end of last summer. He played pivotal roles in the Club’s two white ball trophy success in the Royal London One-Day Cup, where he scored 154 in the quarter-final at Somerset, and the T20 Blast, where he hit 65 in a 132-run partnership with Samit Patel (64 not out) in the final against Birmingham Bears. Born in Harare in 1986, ‘BT’ is widely regarded as one of the finest one-day players his country has produced and he is still churning out the runs back home, scoring 100 against Nepal as recently as Sunday (4 March).

James Taylor

‘Titch’ as he was popularly known during his time at Trent Bridge boasted a stellar career with, first Leicestershire, then Nottinghamshire and England before he was forced to retire at just 26 because of a rare heart condition. Even so, he still piled up 9,306 first-class runs at an average of 46.06 and played seven Test matches. His one-day stats were even more impressive, with 5,365 List A runs at 53.11, of which 887 were scored in One-Day Internationals at 42.23. Fortunately, the right-hand batsman, born in Nottingham in 1990, is still a regular visitor to the ground as a popular Test Match Special commentator.

Bill Taylor

On the committee from 2009 until this year, the former Nottinghamshire player will serve as the Club’s President for 2018. Born in Manchester in 1947, he left school at 16 and began a three-year printer’s apprenticeship, which meant he turned down a place on the Lancashire staff in 1964. The right arm fast-medium bowler was, however, to play county cricket eventually, making his debut for Notts in 1971. He finished his playing career at Trent Bridge in 1977 when he asked to be released from his contract so he could take up a business opportunity – though the devoted clubman promised to keep himself in shape in case he were needed.

Michael Taylor

Twin brother of Derek Taylor, who played more than 500 games as a wicketkeeper for Somerset, the right arm medium pace bowler and right-hand batsman joined Notts in 1962, having previously played for Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship. He was on the Trent Bridge staff from 1963 and became a regular in the side in 1964 until he left to join Hampshire for the 1973 season, where he went in to play successfully until 1980. In his first season on the south coast he took 63 wickets as a side, bolstered by the runs of Gordon Greenidge and Barry Richards, won the County Championship for the second time. He went on to serve Hampshire as Marketing Manager before his retirement.

Robert Taylor

A versatile cricketer who could bowl medium pace seam and leg breaks, he was also an opening batsman and fielded in any position, including taking the wicketkeeping gloves from time to time. Born in Nottingham in 1909, he made his Notts debut in the 1932 season at Worksop’s Town Ground under the captaincy of Arthur Carr and playing in the same side as Harold Larwood and Bill Voce before they left to play in that winter’s famous Bodyline series in Australia. He was on the staff at Trent Bridge between 1926 and 1935, often playing for the Second XI, and went on to become a policeman, playing for the Nottingham City Police side between 1935 and 1965.

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