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English cricketer

Harold Palmer
Personal information
Full nameHarold James Palmer
Born(1890-08-30)30 August 1890
Epping, Essex, England
Died12 February 1967(1967-02-12) (aged 76)
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924 to 1932Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 58
Runs scored 278
Batting average 5.91
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 25 not out
Balls bowled 8,079
Wickets 160
Bowling average 25.33
5 wickets in innings 7
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/68
Catches/stumpings 21/–
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.

Palmer was educated at Loughton School in Essex and King's College London. He bowled leg-spin at medium-pace. 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". Palmer's best bowling figures came in Essex's victory over Gloucestershire in 1926, when he took 3 for 19 and 6 for 68. Opening the bowling for Essex against the Australians in 1930, he took 5 for 40 in the first innings.

References

  1. "Obituary, Harold James Palmer". Wisden. 1968.
  2. ^ "Obituaries", The Cricketer, 5 May 1967, p. 26.
  3. Charles Bray, "J. W. H. T. Douglas", Cricket Heroes, Phoenix Sports Books, London, 1959.
  4. "Gloucestershire v Essex 1926". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. "Essex v Australians 1930". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
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