Alfred Joseph Baker (10 February 1846 – 3 January 1900) was an English amateur sportsman who scored England's goal in the first representative match against a Scottish XI in March 1870.
They had several children, including:[2] Baker was a champion athlete who won the 100-yard dash at the 1870 AAC Championships;[4][5] his achievement "raised himself to the first rank of sprint runners".
[9] In March 1870, he was one of only two players not from a public school background (the other being Alexander Nash)[10] selected to represent England against a Scottish side in the first of a series of matches between the two countries organised by C. W. Alcock and Arthur Kinnaird.
The match was played at the Oval on 5 March; the Scots scored first when Robert Crawford lobbed the ball into an open goal.
With a minute left to play, Baker made a "brilliant run" which "effected the surrender of the Scottish goal" and the game ended in a draw.