Roy Palmer (cricketer)
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Full name | Roy Palmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Devizes, Wiltshire, England | 12 July 1942|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1965–1970 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FC debut | 19 June 1965 Somerset v Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last FC | 15 September 1970 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LA debut | 30 April 1966 Somerset v Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last LA | 13 September 1970 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 June 2010 |
Roy Palmer (born 12 July 1942) is a former cricketer who had a relatively short first-class career as a player with Somerset from 1965 to 1970 and a much longer career as a first-class umpire. He also officiated in two Test matches in 1992 and 1993[1] and in eight One Day International games between 1983 and 1995.[2]
Cricket player
Palmer is the younger brother of the Somerset and
Cricket umpire
Palmer followed his brother onto the first-class umpires list with a few matches in 1979, and was appointed to the regular first-class umpires' list for the 1980 season. He stayed there for 28 seasons, retiring at the end of the 2007 season, having reached the age of 65 and having officiated in 445 first-class games[4] as well as 469 List A matches.
Palmer's first international appearances came during the
Palmer's second Test as an umpire was only a little less controversial. Appointed to stand in the third match of the 1993 series against Australia, he and fellow umpire Barrie Meyer both complained to the match referee, Clive Lloyd, at the end of the third day about the ferocity of the appeals.[6] The Australians were severely censured by Lloyd. The match ended in a draw, ending a long sequence of defeats for England.
Palmer officiated in One Day International matches in the following two seasons, but did not stand in another Test, though he was the
See also
References
- ^ "Roy Palmer". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
- ^ "Roy Palmer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
- ^ CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28876.html. Accessed 28 October 2007.
- ^ CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3744/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html. Accessed 28 October 2007.
- ^ "The Pakistanis in England, 1992". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1993 ed.). Wisden. p. 291.
- ^ "The Australians in England, 1993". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1994 ed.). Wisden. p. 354.