| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | English | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | List A | ||
| Matches | 451 | 56 | ||
| Runs scored | 22288 | 1436 | ||
| Batting average | 29.21 | 30.55 | ||
| 100s/50s | 30/116 | 0/8 | ||
| Top score | 181* | 87* | ||
| Balls bowled | 439 | 66 | ||
| Wickets | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bowling average | 40.00 | - | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | - | ||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | N/A | ||
| Best bowling | 2-34 | 0-64 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 236/0 | 14/- | ||
| Source: Cricket Archive, | ||||
Gordon Barker (6 July 1931 – 10 February 2006) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Essex. Born in Yorkshire, Barker was a right-handed opening batsman and made his Essex debut in 1954 against the touring Canadians, scoring a century.
Barker passed 1000 runs in a season every year from 1955 to 1967 with a best of 1741 runs in 1960.[1] He finished his career with 21893 runs for Essex.
Barker also played professional football, and made 57 league appearances for Southend United between 1954 and 1959.[1]