- Edward Baker (cricketer)
Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Edward Baker
country = England
fullname = Edward Conrad Baker
dayofbirth = 7
monthofbirth = 1
yearofbirth = 1892
placeofbirth =Carmarthen
countryofbirth =Wales
dayofdeath = 8
monthofdeath = 4
yearofdeath = 1969
placeofdeath =Maidenhead ,Berkshire
countryofdeath =England
batting = Right-handed
bowling = Right-armfast bowling
role = Bowler
club1 = Somerset
year1 = 1921
clubnumber1 =
club2 = Sussex
year2 = 1912-1919
clubnumber2 =
club3 = Cambridge University
year3 = 1912-1914
type1 = First-class
debutdate1 = 10 June
debutyear1 = 1912
debutfor1 = Cambridge University
debutagainst1 = Free Foresters
lastdate1 = 21 May
lastyear1 = 1921
lastfor1 = Somerset
lastagainst1 = Cambridge University
deliveries = balls
columns = 1
column1 = First-class
matches1 = 21
runs1 = 334
bat avg1 = 11.51
100s/50s1 = 0/1
top score1 = 63*
deliveries1 = 3592
wickets1 = 69
bowl avg1 = 26.30
fivefor1 = 2
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = 5/18
catches/stumpings1 = 5/0
date = 15 December
year = 2007
source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3416/3416.html CricketArchiveEdward Conrad Baker (
7 January 1892 inCarmarthen ,Wales –8 April 1969 inMaidenhead ,Berkshire ,England ) was an Englishcricket er. [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8957.html Cricinfo profile] ] A right-handedbatsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he playedfirst-class cricket between 1912 and 1921. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3416/3416.html CricketArchive profile] ]Career
Baker made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against the Free Foresters in June 1912. Later the same month, he played "against" Cambridge University for Sussex. The following month, he played for Cambridge University against the MCC at Lord's, following which he gained his blue when he played against Oxford University at the same ground. [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3416/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Edward Baker] at
CricketArchive ]Baker played three first-class matches for Cambridge University in 1913 and played ten for them in 1914. He played his first
County Championship match for Sussex that year against Middlesex.In the first season of cricket after the
First World War , Baker played six matches for Sussex. In 1921 he played a match for Somerset against Cambridge University. In 1923, he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States. [ [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/3/3416/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Edward Baker] at CricketArchive]References
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