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Full name | Eric John Palmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Romford, Essex, England | 16 June 1931||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.