Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia
To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
4th, 5th & 6th July 2025
Category: The Cricket Collection Of ‘Bob’ Taylor, Wicket-Keeper Derbyshire & England 1961-1984
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor MBE was born in 1941 and played as wicket keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He played in 57 Tests for England, and made 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his entire career is the most of any wicket-keeper in first class cricket history. He is considered one of the world’s most accomplished wicket-keepers. He made his first class debut for Minor Counties against South Africa in 1960, having made his Staffordshire debut in 1958. He became Derbyshire’s first choice wicket-keeper when George Dawkes sustained a career-ending injury. His final First Class appearance was at the Scarborough Festival in 1988. He was a part of the England squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup. Taylor made his Test debut in 1971 in New Zealand at the end of the successful Ashes winning tour. Though highly regarded, Taylor was unable to displace incumbent Alan Knott, a talented keeper and a superior batsman. It was only when Knott joined World Series Cricket in 1977 that Taylor appeared in more Tests and was selected as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1977. He continued to be England’s choice keeper through the late 1970s, falling three short of a maiden Test century in the 1978–79 Ashes, and retiring from Tests in 1984, though he would make an emergency appearance for a day of Test cricket in 1986
Lot 340:
Estimate: £100/150
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. England sleeveless Test sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for England in home Test matches. The sweater, by Simpson of Piccadilly, with central England emblem of the three lions and crown to chest. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 341:
Estimate: £100/150
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. England long sleeved Test sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for England in home Test matches. The sweater, by Simpson of Piccadilly, with central England emblem of the three lions and crown to chest. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 342:
Estimate: £70/100
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C./England long sleeved touring Test sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for England in Test matches abroad. The sweater, by Bill Edwards of Swansea, with trimming to neck, waist and sleeves in M.C.C. colours. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 343:
Estimate: £70/100
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C./England long sleeved touring Test sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for England in Test matches abroad. The sweater, by Kent and Curwen, with trimming to neck, waist and sleeves in M.C.C. colours. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 344:
Estimate: £50/80
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. England ‘One Day’ international sleeveless sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for England. The sweater, by Simpson of Piccadilly’, with single blue lion emblem to chest. Minor wear otherwise in good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 345:
Estimate: £30/50
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. England ‘One Day’ international long sleeved sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for England. The sweater with single blue lion emblem to chest. Some shrinkage to sweater otherwise in good condition... View full lot details
Lot 346:
Estimate: £80/120
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. World XI Team international sleeveless sweater worn by Taylor whilst playing for the World XI in Australia in 1971/72. The sweater, by Jaeger’, with world XI light blue trimming to waist and chest. Odd minor wear otherwise in good condition. A rare sweater from the tour, not often seen... View full lot details
Lot 347:
Estimate: £140/180
Rodney William Marsh. Western Australia & Australia 1968-1932. Australian Test sleeveless sweater worn by Marsh whilst playing for Australia versus England. The sweater with green and gold trimming to waist and chest. Some wear and minor shrinkage otherwise in good condition. Bob Taylor and Marsh as wicket keepers for their respective sides swapped sweaters at the end of an Ashes series... View full lot details
Lot 348:
Estimate: £150/250
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. England ‘home’ Test blazer worn by Taylor during his Test match playing career. The navy blue blazer, by Simpson of Piccadilly, with raised embroidered emblem of the three lions and crown of England to chest. ‘Bob Taylor’ inscribed to inner label. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 349:
Estimate: £200/300
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. World XI Team international blazer worn by Taylor whilst playing for the World XI in Australia in 1971/72. The pale blue blazer, by Philip Joseph’ with gold and red ‘World’ emblem and ‘1971-72’ and ‘Rest of the World XI’ title below on the breast pocket of the blazer. Odd minor wear otherwise in good condition. A rare blazer from the tour, not often seen. Sold with an... View full lot details
Lot 350:
Estimate: £180/250
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. navy blue touring blazer, by Simpson of Piccadilly, worn by Taylor on the M.C.C. tour of the West Indies in 1974. The blazer with embroidered M.C.C. emblem in white of St George & Dragon of England and below in scroll ‘West Indies 1974’ to breast pocket. Trimming to pockets, sleeves and blazer edging in M.C.C. colours of yellow and red. Very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 351:
Estimate: £140/180
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. light blue touring blazer, by Burton, worn by Taylor on the M.C.C. tour of Australia in 1978/79. The blazer with embroidered M.C.C. emblem in white of St George & Dragon of England and below in scroll ‘1978. Australia.1979’ to breast pocket. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 352:
Estimate: £140/180
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. mid blue touring blazer, by Burton, worn by Taylor on the M.C.C. tour of Australia and India in 1979/80. The blazer with embroidered M.C.C. emblem in white of St George & Dragon of England and below in scroll ‘1979. Australia-India.1980’ to breast pocket. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 353:
Estimate: £140/180
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. mid blue touring blazer, by Burton, worn by Taylor on the M.C.C. tour of India and Sri Lanka in 1981/82. The blazer with embroidered M.C.C. emblem in white of St George & Dragon of England and below in scroll ‘1981. India. Sri Lanka.1982’ to breast pocket. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 354:
Estimate: £140/180
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. mid blue touring blazer, by Burton, worn by Taylor on the M.C.C. tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1982/83. The blazer with embroidered M.C.C. emblem in white of St George & Dragon of England and below in scroll ‘1982. Australia-New Zealand.19823’ to breast pocket. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 355:
Estimate: £60/90
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. Three ‘Cornhill Insurance’ navy blue blazers, by Austin Reed, worn by Taylor when working for the company. One blazer with ‘Cornhill Insurance’ and emblem in silver, the other two blazers with ‘Cornhill Insurance Test Series’ and the newer emblem of three stumps and a cricket ball to breast pocket. Good/very good condition. Qty 3... View full lot details
Lot 356:
Estimate: £40/60
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. ‘Cornhill Insurance’ sponsors cricket ties. A full set of limited edition Cornhill cricket ties from 1978 to 1999 plus the odd duplicate tie. Good/very good condition. Qty 27. Formerly the property of Bob Taylor... View full lot details
Lot 357:
Estimate: £70/100
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. Derbyshire C.C.C. 1st XI navy blue cricket blazer, by James Smith of Derby, with wired Derbyshire emblem of the royal crown and tudor rose attached to breast pocket. ‘Bob Taylor’ handwritten to inside label of the blazer. Good/very good condition... View full lot details
Lot 358:
Estimate: £50/80
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. Derbyshire C.C.C. 1st XI navy blue cricket cap with embroidered Derbyshire emblem of the royal crown and tudor rose to front. ‘Bob Taylor’ handwritten to inside label of the cap. The cap elasticated to the back. Very good condition. Appears unused... View full lot details
Lot 359:
Estimate: £120/160
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. touring Test cap and tie issued to Taylor during his playing career. The navy blue cap with central emblem of St. George & the Dragon to front. ‘R.W. Taylor’ handwritten to inner label. Very good condition. Appears unused. The tie is well worn but in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 360:
Estimate: £150/250
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. England ‘home’ Test cap and tie issued to Taylor during his playing career. The navy blue cap, by C&D of Australia, with central emblem of the three lions and crown to front. ‘Bob Taylor’ handwritten to inner label. Very good condition. Appears unused. The tie is worn but in good condition. Qty 2... View full lot details
Lot 361:
Estimate: £70/100
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. Iconic white England sunhat worn by Taylor during his career. The white sunhat, blue lining, with attached England emblem of St. George and the dragon was regularly worn by Taylor whilst wicket keeping for England. He preferred the sunhat to cricket caps. Worn good condition. Sold with four different signed post/tradecards of Taylor wearing a similar sunhat. Qty 5... View full lot details
Lot 362:
Estimate: £50/80
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. Commemorative and unique cricket ties presented to Taylor for his appearances in Test matches and One day International matches for England. Each tie is navy blue with the England emblem of three lions and crown running vertically threw it in rows. To back is a navy blue ribbon with Taylor’s Test appearance number 449 and his One Day International appearance number of 25. Sold with various information... View full lot details
Lot 363:
Estimate: £40/60
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. ‘100th Test Match’ at Lord’s 2000. Blue folder published by ‘Stamp Publicity’ to commemorate the match for England v West Indies, Lord’s, 29th June-3rd July 2000. The album contains printed history, official M.C.C. first day cover, printed scorecard for the match, postage stamps, statistics, records etc. Dedicated and presented to Bob Taylor and signed to the title page by Nasser Hussain and Alex Stewart of England and... View full lot details
Lot 364:
Estimate: £70/100
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. ‘International Wanderers tour to South Africa March-April 1976’. mono photograph of the International Wanderers touring party, seated and standing in rows wearing cricket attire. The photograph laid down to mount and players named and signed to the borders. Seventeen signatures in total are G. Chappell (Captain), M. Denness, D. Lillee, G. Gilmour, G. Turner, J. Shepherd, A. Hurst, M. Kent, M. Walker, A. Mallett, D. Underwood,... View full lot details
Lot 365:
Estimate: £100/150
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. M.C.C. v Rest of the World. Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial match, Lords 1998. ‘Publishers Presentation Copy No.5. Presented to Bob Taylor’. A framed limited edition display comprising the official scorecard from the match held at Lords on the 18th July 1998, colour photographs of the two teams, a first day cover from the match, limited edition number 16/1000 and the ink signatures on pre-printed pages of... View full lot details
Lot 366:
Estimate: £200/300
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. William ‘Bill’ Voce. Nottinghamshire & England 1927-1952. Original M.C.C. touring tie worn by Voce on the M.C.C. ‘Bodyline’ tour of Australia in 1932-1933. The tie is framed with a sepia image of Voce wearing his Bodyline blazer at Trent Bridge and printed title and biography of Bowes below. The tie in worn condition with some ink staining. Overall 12”x20”... View full lot details
Lot 367:
Estimate: £50/80
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. England tracksuit top worn by Taylor whilst coaching wicket-keeping with England keepers including Jack Russell after his retirement from cricket. The ‘Whittingdale’ sponsored red, white and blue tracksuit top with England emblem, ‘Whittingdale’ logo and ‘Coach’ embroidered to chest. Sold with a further ‘England National Cricket Association’ tracksuit top in white with blue print worn whilst coaching. Qty 2. Good condition... View full lot details
Lot 368:
Estimate: £80/120
Robert William ‘Bob’ Taylor. Derbyshire & England 1961-1988. ‘Legendary Wicket Keepers Dinner’, 27th September 2016. Gray Nicolls cricket bat signed by twenty five Test wicket keepers who attended to face in ink. Signatures include Wasim Bari, Mark Boucher, Jeffrey Dujon, Farokh Engineer, Bruce French, Ian Healy, Jackie Hendricks, Geriant Jones, Alan Knott, Rod Marsh, Deryck Murray, John Murray, Jim Parks, Matt Prior, Steve Rhodes, Alec Stewart, Roy Swetman, Bob Taylor Robert Tolchard etc. Very good... View full lot details