Gordon Barker was an English first-class cricketer who played for Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...

. Born in Yorkshire, Barker was a right-handed opening batsman and made his Essex debut in 1954 against the touring Canadians, scoring a century.

Barker passed 1000 runs in a season every year from 1955 to 1967 with a best of 1741 runs in 1960.http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4774/f_Batting_by_Season.html He finished his career with 21893 runs for Essex.

Football career

Barker also played professional football, and made 57 league appearances for Southend United

Southend United F.C.

Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

between 1954 and 1959.

External links

• Cricinfo profile