Career
Palmer made his debut in first-class cricket when he was selected to play for Warwickshire in the County Championship against Glamorgan at Edgbaston. He made eight more appearances in that season, playing his final match for Warwickshire against Leicestershire. 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.
As a batsman, he scored 87 runs in ten innings, with a high score of 20.
He died at Higham on the Hill in Leicestershire on 1 June 1962.
