Taylor made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Sussex in the 1922 County Championship,[1] after completing five seasons in the First XI at Westminster School.
[6] While studying at Oxford, Taylor continued to play for Leicestershire at the end of each academic year.
[7] He continued to play for Leicestershire until the end of the 1927 season, by which time he had made 45 first-class appearances for the county.
For many years he was a schoolmaster at Eton College, where Henry Blofeld was among the pupils he coached.
Along with Buckinghamshire team-mate and fellow Eton master David Macindoe, he was the joint-author of the book Cricket Dialogue.