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| Full name | Eric John Palmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1931 Romford, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eric John Palmer (born 16 June 1931) is a former English cricketer. Palmer was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Romford, Essex.
Palmer played Second XI cricket for Essex in 1955, as well as making a single appearance for Berkshire in that seasons Minor Counties Championship against Devon.[1] He played for the Essex Second XI the following season, before making his first-class debut for Essex in the 1957 County Championship against Gloucestershire. He made three further first-class appearances in that season, against Surrey, Somerset and Gloucestershire.[2] In what was to be his only first-class appearances for the county, Palmer took 7 wickets at an average of 32.14, with best figures of 2/35.[3] With the bat he scored a total of 39 runs, with a high score of 11 not out.[4] Over the coming decade he played infrequently for the Essex Second XI, playing his final matches for them in 1967.
References
[edit]- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Eric Palmer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Eric Palmer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Eric Palmer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Eric Palmer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
External links
[edit]- Eric Palmer at ESPNcricinfo
- Eric Palmer at CricketArchive
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