Herbert Taylor Pearson (5 August 1910 – 15 June 2006) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Auckland in the 1930s and 1940s.
Pearson attended King's College, Auckland.Tony McCarron, New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64 – 2010, ACS, Cardiff, 2010, p. 105. He was an opening batsman. He captained Auckland in his last season of first-class cricket, 1947–48,Arthur H. Carman & Noel S. MacDonald, editors, The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Sporting Publications, Wellington, 1948, p. 17. when he made his highest score of 172 in 470 minutes in the Plunket Shield against Canterbury.
Pearson also played rugby as a full-back for Auckland.Wisden 2007, p. 1565. He served in the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War II. Later he was a selector for the Auckland cricket team.
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