Edward Baker (Worcestershire cricketer)
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Full name | Edward Stanley Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Moseley, Birmingham, England | 9 November 1910||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 15 March 1992 Great Dunmow, Essex, England | (aged 81)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1933–1934 | Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1], 4 August 2008 |
Edward Stanley Baker (9 November 1910 – 15 March 1992) was an English first-class cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played 32 first-class matches for Worcestershire in the 1930s.
Baker attended, and played for, King Edward's School in Birmingham.[1] He made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham in 1933, taking two catches and scoring 0 and 5.[2] He appeared thrice more that summer, taking a single catch and scoring two runs in his final two innings.
In 1934 Baker was Worcestershire's regular wicket-keeper, a deliberate decision made by the county to allow Bernard Quaife to play as a specialist batsman.[3] Baker played 28 times that summer, and ended the year with 38 dismissals (33 caught; five stumped), claiming a maximum of four dismissals in a single game, against Somerset in June.[4]
Baker played no first-class cricket after the 1934 season.
Notes
- ^ "King Edward's School Birmingham v Bromsgrove School in 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ "Gloucestershire v Worcestershire in 1933". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1993.
- ^ "Worcestershire v Somerset in 1934". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
References
- Edward Baker from CricketArchive
- Edward Baker at ESPNcricinfo