Country: | England |
Fullname: | George Arthur Palmer |
Birth Date: | 5 June 1897 |
Birth Place: | Withybrook, Warwickshire, England |
Death Place: | Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Warwickshire |
Year1: | 1928 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 9 |
Runs1: | 87 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.70 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 20 |
Deliveries1: | 1,074 |
Wickets1: | 8 |
Bowl Avg1: | 56.25 |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 2/21 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/ - |
Date: | 26 October |
Year: | 2015 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18738.html Cricinfo |
George Arthur Palmer (5 June 1897 - 1 June 1962) was an English cricketer active in first-class cricket in 1928, making nine appearances as a right-arm fast-medium bowler for Warwickshire.
Palmer made his debut in first-class cricket when he was selected to play for Warwickshire in the County Championship against Glamorgan at Edgbaston.[1] He made eight more appearances in that season, playing his final match for Warwickshire against Leicestershire.[1] He bowled with little success in his nine first-class matches, taking 8 wickets at an expensive average of 56.25, with best figures of 2/21.[2] As a batsman, he scored 87 runs in ten innings, with a high score of 20.[3]
He died at Higham on the Hill in Leicestershire on 1 June 1962.