Edward Baker (Worcestershire cricketer)

Edward Baker

Personal information
Full name	Edward Stanley Baker
Born	9 November 1910 Moseley, Birmingham, England
Died	15 March 1992 (aged 81) Great Dunmow, Essex, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1933–1934	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 32 Runs scored 160 Batting average 6.40 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 21* Balls bowled 0 Wickets 0 Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling - Catches/stumpings 36/5
Source: , 4 August 2008

Edward Stanley Baker (9 November 1910 – 15 March 1992) was an English 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, but took only one more catch and scored just 1 and 1 in his two remaining 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), although in any single match he never claimed more than the four dismissals (all caught) he managed against Somerset in June.^[4]

Baker played no first-class cricket after the 1934 season.

Notes

1. "King Edward's School Birmingham v Bromsgrove School in 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Gloucestershire v Worcestershire in 1933". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. Obituary. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1993.
4. "Worcestershire v Somerset in 1934". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

References

• Edward Baker from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Edward Baker from ESPNcricinfo