Raymond Baker (cricketer)
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| Full name | Raymond Paul Baker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 1954 Carshalton, Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1978 | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 2 May 1973 Surrey v Oxford Univ. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 29 July 1978 Surrey v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 19 May 1973 Surrey v essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last LA | 30 July 2025 Surrey v Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Paul Baker (born 9 April 1954) is an English former cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club between 1973 and 1978.[1]
A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Baker was born at Carshalton in Surrey in 1954 and educated at Wallington High School for Boys.[2][3] After playing age-group cricket for Surrey in 1972, he made his first-class and List A debuts for the side in 1973.[4] In the summer of 1976, he was injured in a car accident and required 63 stitches to his face.[5]
In a career that lasted until 1978, Baker played a total of 54 first-class and 45 List A matches for Surrey. He took 104 first-class wickets with a best analysis of six for 29 runs taken against Essex in 1974. This was his only senior five-wicket haul.[4]
During the 1980s Baker played for the Metropolitan Police cricket XI.[4][6] He later worked as an ECB coach based at Loughborough University.[7][8]
References
- ^ Raymond Baker at ESPNcricinfo
- ^ Raymond Baker, CricInfo. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ Alumni, Wallington County Grammar School. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Raymond Baker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2025. (subscription required)
- ^ "Oval news". Farnborough News. No. 4086. 6 May 1977. p. 55.
- ^ "Benford bowls Hadlee-fashion". Esher News & Mail. No. 2618. 3 September 1986. p. 10.
- ^ Andrews A (2012) National Cricket Performance Centre, Sports Management, 2012, issue 2. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ Ammon E (2021) Embracing data, county scouts and more work for Chris Silverwood – England’s new approach, The Times, 22 April 2021.
External links
- Raymond Baker at CricketArchive (subscription required)