Alban George Taylor (11 February 1905 – 5 September 1956) was a

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

rider from Australia. He rode as Alby Taylor and earned two international caps for the Australia national speedway team.

Biography

Taylor, born in Adelaide, came to significant prominence in the early days of speedway after becoming the 1928 Australian champion over 6 laps. 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. During 1930, he rode in many UK special events and twice represented an Australian select team against England before signing up for league speedway the following season. He began his British leagues career riding for

Leicester Stadium Leicester Stadium also known as the Blackbird Road Stadium, was a sports stadium on Parker Drive in Leicester. The stadium was initially used for Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom, greyhound racing with motorcycle speedway starting there fi ...

, making his debut in a challenge match for them in April before taking part in matches as part of the

1931 Speedway Southern League The 1931 Southern League was the third season of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams, and its final season before amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Leagues. The Northern teams also had their third season ...

season. During late May 1931, Leicester Stadium withdrew from the league and were replaced by

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ...

, where Taylor would see out the remainder of the season. Taylor recorded a 5.35 average with Leicester but improved to 6.67 with Coventry. Taylor returned to Australia at the end of the 1931 season and would not ride in Britain again.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Alby 1905 births 1956 deaths Australian speedway riders Coventry Bees riders Australian expatriate speedway riders in England Leicester Stadium riders