George_Baker_(cricketer,_born_1838)

George Baker (cricketer, born 1838)

George Baker (cricketer, born 1838)

English cricketer (1838–1870)

For other cricketers with the same name, see George Baker (cricketer, born 1849) and George Baker (cricketer, born 1862).

George Baker (31 May 1838 – 2 June 1870) was an English cricketer active between 1859 and 1863. Baker was born in Cobham, Kent and played 27 first-class cricket matches in his career, including 22 for Kent County Cricket Club and three for MCC.[1][2] His brother William played one first-class match for Kent in 1858.[1][3] He died in Lydd in 1870 aged 32.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    George Baker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-03-21.
  2. [2]
    Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 36–37. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. [3]
    Carlaw, op. cit., p. 39.
  4. [4]
    George Baker, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-03-21.

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