Glen Baker

Glen Baker
Personal information
Full name	Glen George Baker
Born	9 August 1915; Queensland, Australia
Died	15 December 1943 (aged 28); Buna, New Guinea
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
1936/37–1941/42	Queensland
Career statistics
Matches	29
Runs scored	1,531
Batting average	31.24
100s/50s	1/11
Top score	157
Balls bowled	1,021
Wickets	13
Bowling average	42.92
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	3/17
Catches/stumpings	19/–
	Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 December 2024

Glen George Baker (9 August 1915 – 15 December 1943) was an Australian cricketer.

Baker was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played 29 first-class cricket matches, all but one for Queensland, between 1936 and 1942, scoring 1,531 runs and taking 13 wickets.^[1] His highest score was 157 for Queensland against New South Wales in the first match of the 1938–39 Sheffield Shield.^[2]

Baker married Mavis Jean Barkley in Brisbane in April 1941.^[3] He died on active service in New Guinea in December 1943.^[4]

References

^ "Glen Baker". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
^ "Queensland v New South Wales 1938-39". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
^ "Shield Cricketer Weds". Sunday Mail: 21. 6 April 1941.
^ "Lieutenant Glen George Baker". CWGC. Retrieved 2 December 2024.

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