[1] He rode as Alby Taylor [2] and earned two international caps for the Australia national speedway team.
[3] Taylor, born in Adelaide, came to significant prominence in the early days of speedway after becoming the 1928 Australian champion over 6 laps.
[4] The achievement resulted in the British teams looking to bring him overseas and help continue the trend of large attendances that were present during the first two years of speedway in the United Kingdom.
[5] During 1930, he rode in many UK special events and twice represented an Australian select team against England[6] before signing up for league speedway the following season.
[8] During late May 1931, Leicester Stadium withdrew from the league[9] and were replaced by Coventry Bees,[10] where Taylor would see out the remainder of the season.