Herbie Baxter
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Herbie Baxter was an English
cricket
er. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Glamorgan
. He was born in Stockport
and died in Shaw Heath.
Baxter, who played league cricket with Swansea either side of the First World War, and was appointed their captain in the 1920 season, made a single first-class appearance for Glamorgan during 1921, against Northamptonshire
. From the upper-middle order, he scored a single run in the first innings in which he batted, and 10 runs in the second, as Glamorgan lost the match by an innings margin.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan 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 Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
. He was born in Stockport
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on elevated ground southeast of Manchester city centre, at the point where the rivers Goyt and Tame join and create the River Mersey. Stockport is the largest settlement in the metropolitan borough of the same name...
and died in Shaw Heath.
Baxter, who played league cricket with Swansea either side of the First World War, and was appointed their captain in the 1920 season, made a single first-class appearance for Glamorgan during 1921, against Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
. From the upper-middle order, he scored a single run in the first innings in which he batted, and 10 runs in the second, as Glamorgan lost the match by an innings margin.
External links
- Herbie Baxter at Cricket Archive