About Raymond Baker
Born 1954. Raymond Baker is a British cricketer.
Raymond Paul Baker (born 9 April 1954) is an English former cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club between 1973 and 1978.
A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Baker was born at Carshalton in Surrey in 1954 and educated at Wallington High School for Boys. After playing age-group cricket for Surrey in 1972, he made his first-class and List A debuts for the side in 1973. In the summer of 1976, he was injured in a car accident and required 63 stitches to his face.
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. He later worked as an ECB coach based at Loughborough University.
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British cricketer (1954-)
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Raymond Baker was born on 9 April 1954.
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