The Clive Taylor Prize for Sports Writing
From 2003, student journalists who specialise in sports writing have also been able to compete for the above prize. Thanks to a generous benefaction, a £1,000 special award in memory of the distinguished cricket writer Clive Taylor will be available.
Clive Taylor died at the age of 50 in 1977 after contracting an illness during a Test tour of India. Ian Wooldridge, many times Sports Writer of The Year, wrote: "His outstanding talent was for reporting cricket in almost flawless and yet graphic English at immense speed. In this he was without peer in the world." Clive Taylor wrote for The Sun, yet, said Wooldridge, "He could have written cricket for any publication. He was an uncompromising and fearless campaigner against bad manners and cheating." And John Woodcock, famous cricket correspondent for The Times and editor of Wisden, remarked: "Clive could have done any of our jobs, only better."
The Trustees of The Philip Geddes Memorial Fund are delighted to add this new prize to a growing list of awards, and express their gratitude to its generous sponsor.