| Harold Palmer | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Harold James Palmer |
| Birth Date: | 30 August 1890 |
| Birth Place: | Epping, Essex, England |
| Death Place: | Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg-spin |
| Club1: | Essex |
| Year1: | 1924 to 1932 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 58 |
| Runs1: | 278 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.91 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 25 not out |
| Deliveries1: | 8,079 |
| Wickets1: | 160 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 25.33 |
| Fivefor1: | 7 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 6/68 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 21/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18404.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 2 November 2019 |
Harold James Palmer (30 August 1890 – 12 February 1967) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket as an amateur for Essex between 1924 and 1932.[1]
Palmer was educated at Loughton School in Essex and King's College London. He bowled leg-spin at medium-pace.[2] His Essex teammate Charles Bray said he was "an excellent bowler – the nearest thing I've seen to Bill O'Reilly", but added that Palmer's fielding was unreliable, "particularly his catching".[3] Palmer's best bowling figures came in Essex's victory over Gloucestershire in 1926, when he took 3 for 19 and 6 for 68.[4] Opening the bowling for Essex against the Australians in 1930, he took 5 for 40 in the first innings.[5]