Philip David Barker (born 22 September 1951) is an English former

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er and

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player. In cricket, Barker was a right-handed

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who bowled both left-arm medium pace and

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. He was born in

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. Barker made his debut for

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in the 1972

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against

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. In 1974, he made his only first-class appearance for

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against

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. In this match, he scored 14 runs in the Oxford first-innings, before being dismissed by Bill Taylor. In their second-innings, he scored a single run before being dismissed by

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. He continued to play

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cricket for Suffolk from 1972 to 1987, which included 63 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 6

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matches. He made his

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debut against

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in the

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. He made 4 further List A appearances, the last of which came against

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in the

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. In his 5 List A matches, he scored 35 runs at an

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of 7.00 with a high score of 14. While studying at

, Barker played hockey for the university, for which he gained an

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. He later played hockey for Suffolk, Eastern Counties and England (indoor international).

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at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Barker, David 1951 births Living people People from Edmonton, London Cricketers from the London Borough of Enfield English cricketers Suffolk cricketers Oxford University cricketers English male field hockey players Alumni of Mansfield College, Oxford 20th-century English sportsmen