Francis Baker (cricketer)
Francis Baker was an English cricketer. A left-handed batsman born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Baker's career in first-class cricket spanned eight matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, and two Gentlemen's teams between 1866 and 1875. He scored 199 runs in these matches, with a batting average of 15.30. His best innings, a score of 53, came against Surrey on 4 June 1868, while playing for the MCC. In other cricket, he played over two-dozen matches for Cheltenham College – his alma mater – and the Free Foresters Cricket Club.