Harold Palmer (cricketer)
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| Full name | Harold James Palmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 August 1890 Epping, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 February 1967 (aged 76) Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1924 to 1932 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harold James Palmer (30 August 1890 – 12 February 1967) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket as an amateur for Essex between 1924 and 1932.[1]
Palmer was educated at Loughton School in Essex and King's College London.[2] He bowled leg-spin at medium-pace.[2] His Essex teammate Charles Bray said he was "an excellent bowler – the nearest thing I've seen to Bill O'Reilly", but added that Palmer's fielding was unreliable, "particularly his catching".[3] Palmer's best bowling figures came in Essex's victory over Gloucestershire in 1926, when he took 3 for 19 and 6 for 68.[4] Opening the bowling for Essex against the Australians in 1930, he took 5 for 40 in the first innings.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Obituary, Harold James Palmer". Wisden. 1968.
- ^ a b "Obituaries", The Cricketer, 5 May 1967, p. 26.
- ^ Charles Bray, "J. W. H. T. Douglas", Cricket Heroes, Phoenix Sports Books, London, 1959.
- ^ "Gloucestershire v Essex 1926". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ "Essex v Australians 1930". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2019.