Mel Baker
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| Birth name | Albert Melville Baker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Newport, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Albert Melville "Mel" Baker (1885 – ?) was a
Rugby career
Baker first played for Newport in 1907 and was part of the team that faced three the 1910 touring
Baker was first capped for Wales on 6 February 1909 when he played against Scotland at Inverleith, under the captaincy of Billy Trew. Wales won the match, and Baker was selected to face France in a match which was at the time not classified as an official part of the Home Nations Championship. Wales beat France 47-5 in a one sided game in Paris, with Baker running in a hat-trick of tries. Wales won the Grand Slam that year but Baker was not part of the first game of the next season's tournament. He was reselected for the second match against Scotland, and scored a fourth international try in a 14-0 win for Wales.
In 1910 Baker was offered a place on the British Isles tour of South Africa under the captaincy of Newport's
International matches played
Wales[4]
British Isles
South Africa 1910
Bibliography
- Starmer-Smith, Nigel (1977). The Barbarians. Macdonald & Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0-86007-552-4.
- Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.
References
- ^ Welsh Rugby Union player profiles[permanent dead link]
- ^ Newport RFC player profile Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Starmer-Smith (1977), pg 111.
- ^ Smith (1980), pg 463.