Richard Raine Barker (29 May 1869 – 1 October 1940) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

in 1895. Barker was born in

Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

, the son of Henry Raine Barker and his wife Caroline Haynes. His brother was the artist Anthony Raine Barker. He was educated at

Repton School Repton School is a 13–18 Mixed-sex education, co-educational, Independent school (United Kingdom), independent, Day school, day and boarding school in the English Public school (United Kingdom), public school tradition, in Repton, Derbyshire, ...

where he was in the football XI in 1886.Repton School Register - Supplement to the 1910 edition (1922)
/ref> Barker played football as wing-half on both the left and the right flanks. He made 43 appearances for Corinthians between 1893 and 1899. He also played for Casuals and helped them reach the final of the first F.A. Amateur Cup final, where they lost to Middlesbrough.Corinthian Casuals F.C. - Player profiles
/ref> He was wing-half in the English national side in a match against Wales on 18 March 1895., Retrieved 24 September 2018 His strengths were said to be in passing and kicking, but he was too slow to be an international. Barker was an engineer and manager with the Bromley Electric Light Company. He died at the age of 71.

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* 1869 births 1940 deaths People educated at Repton School English men's footballers England men's international footballers Casuals F.C. players Corinthian F.C. players Men's association football wing halves Footballers from Kensington {{England-footy-midfielder-1860s-stub