- Date of Birth27 / 10 / 1934
- Lions Tours1959
- International CapsEngland / Lions
- Lions Origin SchoolsHeath GS Halifax
- Lions Origin ClubsRoyal Signals, Barbarians, Leicester Tigers, Wasps, Halifax, Cambridge University RFC, Middlesbrough
Phil Horrocks-Taylor was called up to the 1959 Lions Tour to New Zealand as an injury replacement for Irishman Mike English.
“Horrocks went one way, Taylor went the other, I was left holding the hyphen”, is the famous quote relating to a story about a missed Irish tackle on the Englishman during an international game.
The fly-half featured in five games on that Tour, scoring a try and a kicking a conversion in his opening game against Wairarapa Bush, including the third Test defeat in Christchurch.
Horrocks-Taylor earned nine England caps after making his debut against Wales in 1958.