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Full name George Eugene Palmer
Born February 22, 1859, Mulwala, Corowa, New South Wales
Died August 22, 1910, Baddaginnie, Victoria (aged 51 years 181 days)
Major teams Australia,Tasmania,Victoria
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
17
25
4
296
48
14.09
0
0
0
13
0
First-class
133
200
31
2728
113
16.14
1
10
107
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
17
30
4517
1678
78
7/65
11/165
21.51
2.22
57.9
5
6
2
First-class
133
27809
10520
594
8/48
17.71
2.26
46.8
54
16
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Australia at The Oval, Sep 6-8, 1880 scorecard
Last Test
England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 12-14, 1886 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1878/79 - 1896/97
Profile
A right-arm medium-pace spinner, with exceptional control, Joey Palmer was considered a must-have on pitches which favoured batsmen and almost unplayable on ones which favoured bowlers. He made a sensational first-class debut when, one month after his 20th birthday, he took match figures of 9 for 94 against Lord Harris's touring side at Melbourne. He toured England four times - 1880, 1882, 1884 and 1886 - almost achieving the double on his last visit, ending with 972 runs and 106 wickets. His best series was against England in 1881-82 where he took 24 wickets at 21.75, including 11 for 165 and 9 for 90, both at Sydney. Shortly after returning to Australia in 1886 he fractured his kneecap and was never a force in the first-class game thereafter. He was no slouch with the bat either, and Wisden commented that as his bowling declined, he developed into an excellent batsman, ending his career opening both batting and bowling for Victoria. Martin Williamson
