William de Chair Baker

Baker played first-class cricket for Kent and for Cambridge University from 1841 to 1853.

[2][3] Baker was born at the Deanery in Canterbury in Kent and was educated at Blackheath Proprietary School.

[4] He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, although there is no record of his having received a university degree.

He played in the new county club's first match in August 1842 against the All-England XI.

He was also responsible for a series of annual rural fetes in Canterbury.