Henry Baker (cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Baker (cricketer)

Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago

Date of Birth: 26-Dec-1904

Date of Death: 07-Nov-1926

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Henry Stephen Baker (26 December 1904 – 7 November 1926) was an Australian-born New Zealand cricketer who played for Otago.
He was born in Melbourne and died in Dunedin. Baker made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1925-26 season, against Canterbury.
From the lower-middle order, Baker scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second, as Otago lost the match by an innings margin. He lived in the Dunedin suburb of Kensington, and worked as a factory hand.
He died at the age of 21, less than 12 months after his only first-class appearance.
He drowned while swimming off Tomahawk beach in Dunedin.