John Taylor (cricketer, born 1923)

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John Taylor (born December 18, 1923) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Hampshire. He was born in Ipswich.

Taylor made his first two County Championship appearances during the 1947 season, in which Hampshire finished second-bottom in the County Championship, his debut performance coming in a tie against Lancashire in which Taylor performed well from a lower-order position. His second appearance saw Hampshire bat well once again, but the team's innings of 308 all out was overshadowed by Len Hutton's season-best score of 270 not out, which included a fifth-wicket partnership of 373 runs with fellow Test batsman Norman Yardley.

Taylor made one further appearance in the County Championship in the 1949 season, as well as making two appearances for the Hampshire Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship during the same year.