Herbert Baker

Herbert Zouch Baker (7 February 1880 – 26 August 1958) was an English cricketer in the early years of the 20th century.

Early life Baker was born at Beckenham in Kent to Alfred John Baker, a stockbroker and to Alice Moody, one of six sons and two daughters. He was educated at Wellington College. He was described as "a stroke-playing, correct batsman and a bowler with immaculate control of length, moving the ball both ways, as well as a fine fielder". Baker played nine times for Kent during the 1904 season, eight times in the 1904 County Championship and once against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). His final match for the county was against Somerset at Foxgrove Road in Beckenham during 1904. He made his final first-class appearance for JR Mason's XI in a match at Old Buckenham Hall Cricket Ground in 1913.

Family and later life Baker's brother Percy also played for Kent between 1900 and 1902. The brothers played together at Beckenham alongside another brother Alfred. Baker was a stockbroker's clerk by profession, in later life becoming a sports outfitter. He died at Orpington in 1958 aged 78.