George Robert Baker (18 April 1862 – 6 February 1938)[1] was an English first-class cricketer, who played seven matches for Yorkshire in 1884, and then 227 games for Lancashire between 1887 and 1899.

He was a right-handed middle-order batsman, who scored 7,563 runs in 249 first-class matches, at an average of 21.28 with four centuries and 39 fifties.

[3] He took 152 catches and was an increasingly useful bowler, taking 145 first-class wickets at an average of 24.93 with his right-arm medium pace, including spells of 6 for 18 against Gloucestershire in 1896 and 6 for 28 against Sussex in 1898.

Despite his apparently modest career figures, Baker was accorded a benefit season by Lancashire in 1898, which raised £1,850.

[3] He left first-class cricket after the 1899 season, and was later coach at Harrow School for twelve years.