Clare Elizabeth Taylor MBE (born 22 May 1965) is an English sportswoman, the first woman to have played on a World Cup team in both cricket and football.[1] She represented England at both cricket, as a member of the winning World Cup cricket team in 1993, and football (World Cup 1995). She was awarded the MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2000 for her services to women's sport. Taylor attended Moor End High School and still has her name on the athletics records board.[2] Taylor was the first bowler for England to take 100 wickets in WODIs.[3]

Clare Taylor MBE
Born	Clare Elizabeth Taylor (1965-05-22) 22 May 1965 (age 57) Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Association football career Position(s) Sweeper Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) Bronte Liverpool Ladies National team 1990– England *Club domestic league appearances and goals
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	England (1988–2005)
Test debut (cap 118)	17 November 1995 v India
Last Test	22 August 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 53)	5 December 1988 v Ireland
Last ODI	30 August 2005 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988–2006	Yorkshire
2000/01	Otago
2002/03–2010/11	Otago
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA WT20 Matches 16 105 310 19 Runs scored 226 303 2,395 222 Batting average 16.14 8.65 18.42 22.20 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/0 Top score 43 29 65* 36* Balls bowled 2,383 5,140 14,987 341 Wickets 25 102 294 14 Bowling average 40.44 23.95 24.09 27.28 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/38 4/13 4/5 3/32 Catches/stumpings 5/– 28/– 78/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 March 2021

Football career

Taylor began playing at age 11 and after answering a Women's Football Association advert in Shoot magazine, started playing for Bronte Ladies.[4] Her England debut came in a 2–0 defeat to Germany in Bochum on 16 December 1990.

When Bronte were relegated, Taylor moved to Knowsley United, joining in preference to the dominant Doncaster Belles because she wanted the challenge of playing for a developing club.[5] Taylor played for Knowsley United in the 1992–93 WFA Women's National League Cup final, at Wembley, and two months later in the Cricket World Cup final at Lord's.[6]

Knowsley United became Liverpool Ladies shortly after losing the 1994 FA Women's Cup Final to Doncaster Belles.[7] Taylor's team, Liverpool, were also beaten in the following two seasons' FA Cup finals, by Arsenal (1995)[8] and Croydon (1996)[9] respectively.

During her amateur sporting career, Taylor was employed by the Royal Mail, though she noted: "The amount of time I spend away on unpaid leave has got beyond a joke."[10] Although Taylor preferred football to cricket, she focused on cricket after being dropped from the England football team.[5]

Cricket career

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Taylor represented the England women's cricket team from 1988 until 2005, and was an England team member when they won the 1993 World Cup final at Lord's Cricket Ground against New Zealand.[6]

References

External links

• Clare Taylor at ESPNcricinfo
• Career highlights from webbsoc.