Frank Baker (cricketer)
Frank Adam Conyers Baker (6 December 1889 – 17 March 1961), given name also as Francis, was an Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer and first-class cricketer. Life He was born at Bansha in County Tipperary in December 1889. He was baptised the following year in Argentina, on 24 October 1890, by the Rev. Robert Allen, as Francis Adam Conyers Baker, recorded as the son of Arthur Conyers Baker and Mary Abercrombie Baker, his father being owner of an estancia, domiciled at Estancia San Juan, Tala, Entre Ríos Province. His brother Arthur William Hay Conyers-Baker (born 1891) and father Arthur Conyers Baker (1845–1928), the rancher in Argentina, were both educated at Marlborough College. Baker entered the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1905. After graduating from Britannia, he served aboard . He was commended by Italy with a medal with diploma for his services in the aftermath of the 1908 Messina earthquake. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in October 1913. Baker served in the First World War with the Royal Navy, serving aboard several ships and being mentioned in dispatches in December 1918. In October 1920, Baker was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander. In February 1921, he was