Merton Barker

{{short description|English cricketer and field hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Montague Merton Barker

| birth_date = 20 July 1867

| birth_place = Paddington, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1954|1|12|1867|7|20}}

| death_place = Epsom Downs, Surrey, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 106

| bat avg1 = 7.57

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 30

| deliveries1 = 5

| wickets1 = 0

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| catches/stumpings1 = 11/–

| date = 30 July

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9532.html Cricinfo

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Montague Merton Barker (20 July 1867 – 12 January 1954) was an English first-class cricketer and international field hockey player.

The son of Montague Cochrane Barker, he was born at Paddington in July 1867. He was educated at Radley College.{{cite book |title=Register, 1847-1923 |date=1923 |publisher=Radleian Society at the University Press |pages=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1U4AAAAMAAJ |language=en}} He toured the West Indies with R. S. Lucas' XI in 1894–95, making his debut in first-class cricket on the tour against Barbados at Bridgetown. He made seven further first-class appearances on the tour,{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27683/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Merton Barker |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-30 |url-access=subscription}} scoring 94 runs at an average of 9.40 and a high score of 30.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27683/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Merton Barker |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-30 |url-access=subscription}} He later made two first-class appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Leicestershire in 1895 and Derbyshire in 1896. Outside of cricket, he played field hockey as a half-back for England, captaining the team in 1898.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228429.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1953 |date=4 December 2005 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-30}} He died at Epsom Downs in January 1954.