Philip David Barker (born 22 September 1951) is an English former cricketer and field hockey player. In cricket, Barker was a right-handed batsman who bowled both left-arm medium pace and slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Edmonton, Middlesex.
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| Full name | Philip David Barker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1951 Edmonton, Middlesex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1987 | Suffolk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Barker made his debut for Suffolk in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against Buckinghamshire. In 1974, he made his only first-class appearance for Oxford University against Nottinghamshire.[1] 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 Barry Stead.[2] He continued to play Minor counties cricket for Suffolk from 1972 to 1987, which included 63 Minor Counties Championship appearances[3] and 6 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.[4] He made his List A debut against Derbyshire in the 1981 NatWest Trophy. He made 4 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 1988 NatWest Trophy.[5] In his 5 List A matches, he scored 35 runs at an average of 7.00 with a high score of 14.[6]
While studying at Oxford University, Barker played hockey for the university, for which he gained an Oxford Blue. He later played hockey for Suffolk, Eastern Counties and England (indoor international).
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by David Barker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Oxford University v Nottinghamshire, 1974". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Philip Barker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Philip Barker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played by David Barker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Barker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
External links
edit- David Barker at ESPNcricinfo
- David Barker at CricketArchive