| Henry Baker | |
| Fullname: | Henry Stephen Baker |
| Birth Date: | 1904 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Year1: | 1925/26 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Onetype1: | true |
| Debutdate1: | 25 December |
| Debutyear1: | 1925 |
| Debutfor1: | Otago |
| Debutagainst1: | Canterbury |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/henry-baker-36366 CricInfo |
| Date: | 1 January |
| Year: | 2022 |
Henry Stephen Baker (26 December 1904 – 7 November 1926) was an Australian-born cricketer who played a single first-class cricket match in New Zealand for Otago.[1]
Baker was born at Melbourne in Victoria in 1904. He played in his only known cricket match during the 1925/26 season, against Canterbury. He scored a total of two runs in the match.[2] Baker also played rugby union and was described as a "fine all-round athlete" and as a "prominent member of the Dunedin Football Club".[3]
Baker lived in the Dunedin suburb of Kensington, and worked as a factory hand and as a clerk. He died in November 1926 at the age of 21, less than 12 months after his only first-class appearance. He drowned while swimming off Tomahawk beach in Dunedin.[3] [4]