Edward Baker (9 February 1846 – 30 June 1913) was an English cricketer. He played one first-class match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1875.Edward Baker, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
Baker was born at Plaxtol near Tunbridge Wells in Kent in 1846. He was the youngest son of William and Mary Baker, his father operating a butchers shop and working as a farrier.Carlaw, pp. 35–36. (Retrieved 6 August 2022.) Baker grew up in Plaxtol before the family moved to Wrotham near Sevenoaks. By the time he was 15 he was working as a butcher with his father and brother.
A right-arm medium pace bowler described as having a "high arm" action,Source unknown. Quoted in Carlaw, p. 35. Baker was also employed as a professional cricketer, working in 1871 at Kersal in the Manchester area. After impressing with five wickets in a match for the Players of Tonbridge in July 1875, he was chosen to play for Kent against Lancashire at Old trafford later in the month. He took a single wicket in the match and was run out twice without scoring.Edward Baker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 September 2022. This proved to be his only first-class match, although he is known to have continued to play club cricket and umpire in local matches.
Baker later became a publican, first at Chagford in Devon and later at Maidenhead in Berkshire. He married his wife Mary in Devon; the couple had six children. He continued to coach cricket. Baker died at Maidenhead in 1913 aged 67.
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