Famous People with Name Amyas

Amyas Evelyn Giles Baring            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Amyas Evelyn Giles Baring: known as Giles Baring, was a first-class English cricketer between the years 1930 and 1946. He represented Cambridge University in 1930 and 1931 and Hampshire between 1930 and 1939. Apart from more than fifty regular county championship games, he played in the Cambridge University v New Zealanders match of 3 June 1931, for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players matches of 2 September 1931 and 11 July 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v West Indians on 24 May 1933, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australians on 23 May 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v South Africans on 22 May 1935, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australians on 25 May 1938, and for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Australian Services on 7 July 1945. He played for the MCC between 1935 and 1946, and his last first-class game was in the MCC v Cambridge University match of 29 June 1946. Baring was a right-arm fast bowler and also a right-hand batsman. As a bowler, he took 197 wickets for 5,607 runs, an average of 28.46. As a batsman, he played 103 first class innings, was not out 27 times and was never stumped. His average as a batsman was 8.73.