James Baker (cricketer)

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James Bray Baker (born 1792 at Hailsham, Sussex; died 30 January 1839 at Hailsham) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1828. He was mainly associated with Sussex and made 15 known appearances in first-class matches, including four matches for The Bs between 1817 and 1828.^[1] His record is 219 runs in 27 innings with a batting average of 8.42.

Baker was a member of the Sussex team in two of the three roundarm trial matches against All-England in 1827 to decide whether roundarm bowling should be legalised.

References

↑ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 18 July 2009.

External links

Player profile: James Baker from CricketArchive

Bibliography

Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-2 (1744–1840), Lillywhite, 1862

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Name	Baker, James
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Short description	English cricketer
Date of birth	1792
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Date of death	30 January 1839
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