Harold Palmer (cricketer)

Harold James Palmer (30 August 1890 – 12 February 1967) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Essex and for amateur teams between 1924 and 1936.[1]

Harold Palmer

Personal information
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1924 to 1932	Essex
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

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

1. "Harold Palmer". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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.