Bruce Richard Taylor (12 July 1943 – 6 February 2021) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 30 Test matches and two One Day Internationals between 1965 and 1973.

8 and slammed 105 in 158 minutes with 14 fours and three sixes and helped Bert Sutcliffe (151 not out) add 163 for the seventh wicket.

[5] He also scored New Zealand's fastest Test century in 1969, a record that stood until Daniel Vettori broke it in 2005.

[7] Of his overall performance in the series, Wisden said, "Tight control allied to a high action enabled him to extract any bounce going and there was no greater trier in the entire New Zealand party.

[2] Taylor resigned his job as bursar at John McGlashan College in Dunedin in early 1993, following allegations of financial irregularities.