James Baker (English cricketer)
James Bray Baker (1792 – 30 January 1839) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1816 to 1828. He was born at Hailsham in Sussex and was mainly associated with Sussex cricket teams. He made 15 known appearances in first-class matches, including four matches for The Bs.[1] He scored a total of 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[]
- ^ James Baker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
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