Joey Palmer

Born

George Eugene Palmer
22 February 1859
Mulwala, New South Wales

Died

22 August 1910 (aged 51)
Benalla, Victoria^[1]

Spouse(s)

Lucinda Ann Blackham^[2]

Parent(s)

David Bernard Palmer and Mary Palmer (nee Barry)

Relatives

John McCarthy 'Jack' Blackham (brother-in-law)

Cricket information

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm offbreak

International information

National side

Australian

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	17	133
Runs scored	296	2728
Batting average	14.09	16.14
100s/50s	0/0	1/10
Top score	48	113
Balls bowled	4517	27809
Wickets	78	594
Bowling average	21.51	17.71
5 wickets in innings	6	54
10 wickets in match	2	16
Best bowling	7/65	8/48
Catches/stumpings	13/0	107/0

Source: Cricinfo

Palmer pictured right (front row) with the 1886 Australia national cricket team

George Eugene "Joey" Palmer (22 February 1859 – 22 August 1910;^[1] also known as Eugene Palmer) was an Australian cricketer who played in 17 Tests between 1880 and 1886.^[3]

"Joey" Palmer had an intense career, His Test career was short in years but he toured England 4 times and at his peak he was considered a top medium pace spinner. Palmer had a particular love for the SCG, where his best Test bowling of 7-65 occurred.

After returning from the 1886 tour to England he damaged his knee and never played Test cricket again but came to play first class cricket in Australia until the end of 1896/97.

Palmer was also a leading Australian rules footballer for South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).^[4]

Family

He married Lucinda Ann Blackham, daughter of Frederic Keane Blackham and Lucinda Ann (nee McCarthy), in 1888.^[2] His brother-in-law was John McCarthy 'Jack' Blackham.^[5]

References

1 2 "DEATH OF GEORGE PALMER.". The Sydney Morning Herald (22,654) (New South Wales, Australia). 23 August 1910. p. 6. Retrieved 23 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
1 2 "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne) (13,034) (Victoria, Australia). 31 March 1888. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "NOTED TEST PLAYERS.". The Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954) (SA: National Library of Australia). 1 October 1932. p. 4. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
↑ Atkinson, p. 180.
↑ Johnson, Ian (1974). "'Palmer, George Eugene (1859–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography 5. Canberra: Australian National University.

Sources

Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0.
Cricinfo article on Joey Palmer

Australia pre-Ashes squads

Australia squad – England vs Australia 1880 Test

Murdoch (c) Alexander Bannerman Blackham (†) Bonnor Boyle Groube McDonnell Moule Palmer Slight

Jarvis Spofforth

Italics denotes player was selected for squad however did not play in any games

Australia squad – Australia vs England 1881–82 Test series (winners)

Murdoch (c) (†) Bannerman Blackham (†) Boyle Cooper Coulthard Evans Garrett Giffen Horan Jones Massie McDonnell Palmer Spofforth

Australian first-class cricket season leading wicket-takers (1850–51 to 1899–1900)

1850–51: Antill 1851–52: Henty 1852–53: – 1853–54: McDowall 1854–55: – 1855–56: Elliott/McKone 1856–57: Wills 1857–58: Wills 1858–59: Wills 1859–60: Richardson/Wills 1860–61: Cosstick 1861–62: Bennett 1862–63: Lawrence 1863–64: Grace 1864–65: – 1865–66: Conway/Cosstick 1866–67: Gregory 1867–68: Wills 1868–69: Cosstick 1869–70: Cosstick 1870–71: Reid 1871–72: Allan 1872–73: Cosstick 1873–74: – 1874–75: Coates 1875–76: Evans 1876–77: Shaw 1877–78: Evans 1878–79: Emmett 1879–80: Cooper 1880–81: Evans 1881–82: Palmer 1882–83: Palmer 1883–84: Palmer 1884–85: Peel 1885–86: Spofforth 1886–87: Turner 1887–88: Turner 1888–89: Ferris 1889–90: Trumble 1890–91: Phillips 1891–92: Giffen 1892–93: Giffen 1893–94: Turner 1894–95: Giffen 1895–96: McKibbin 1896–97: McKibbin 1897–98: Jones 1898–99: Jones 1899–1900: Noble

Leading run-scorers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards Leading wicket-takers: 1850–51 to 1899–00 1900–01 to 1949–50 1950–51 to 1999–00 2000–01 onwards

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Joey Palmer

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