Raymond Paul Baker (born 9 April 1954) is an English former

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er who played for

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between 1973 and 1978. A right-arm medium-pace bowler, Baker was born at

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in 1954 and educated at Wallington High School for Boys.Raymond Baker

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. Retrieved 19 June 2025. After playing age-group cricket for Surrey in 1972, he made his first-class and

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debuts for the side in 1973.Raymond Baker
CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 June 2025. 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

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in 1974. This was his only senior

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. During the 1980s Baker played for the Metropolitan Police cricket XI. He later worked as an ECB coach based at

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.Ammon E (2021) Embracing data, county scouts and more work for Chris Silverwood – England’s new approach, ''

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'', 22 April 2021.

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* 1954 births Living people Surrey cricketers Cricketers from the London Borough of Sutton People from Carshalton 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1950s-stub