Career
Palmer also played one Test match for England. He later went on to become a respected cricket administrator. Palmer was a small man with poor eyesight and played wearing glasses.
This did not stop him becoming a fine batsman and bowler.
Palmer first played cricket for Worcestershire in 1938, before World World War II and a teaching career intervened, although he still played a few games for the Bombay Europeans in Indian domestic cricket in 1946, with some games for Worcestershire. However, he joined Leicestershire as captain and secretary in 1950, and passed 1,000 runs in each of the eight full seasons he played for them.
The series was played in bad temper, but Palmer"s good-natured style helped the situation. In 1955, Palmer was responsible for one of the most remarkable spells of bowling in cricketing history.
Putting himself on to bowl against Surrey to allow his main two bowlers to change ends, he took 8 wickets for 7 runs, with his figures at one stage being 12-12-0-8.
Another catch was dropped off his bowling too. Palmer died, at the age of 85, in March 2005.
