Country: | England |
Fullname: | George Dashwood Baker |
Birth Date: | 4 March 1849 |
Birth Place: | Compton Martin, Somerset, England |
Death Place: | Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast |
Club1: | Middlesex |
Year1: | 1872 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 5 |
Bat Avg1: | 2.50 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 5 |
Deliveries1: | – |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 23 January |
Year: | 2013 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9479.html Cricinfo |
George Dashwood Baker (4 March 1849 – 21 December 1879) was an English cricketer. Baker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Compton Martin, Somerset.
Educated at Rugby School before attending University College, Oxford, Baker later made a single first-class appearance for Middlesex against Oxford University in 1872 at the Prince's Cricket Ground, Chelsea.[1] In Middlesex's first-innings of 250, Baker was dismissed for 5 runs by Samuel Butler, while in their second-innings of 277 he was dismissed by Arthur Ridley. His only first-class appearance ended in a draw.[2]
He died at Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire on 21 December 1879.