Country: | England |
Fullname: | James Edward Tomkinson |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1879 |
Birth Place: | Willington, Cheshire, England |
Death Place: | Inkpen, Berkshire, England |
Family: | Robert Tomkinson (uncle) |
Batting: | Unknown |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 3 |
Runs1: | 99 |
Bat Avg1: | 19.80 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 41 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 26 July |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35377.html Cricinfo |
James Edward Palmer-Tomkinson born James Edward Tomkinson (2 December 1879 – 14 November 1961) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of the politician and landowner James Tomkinson, Palmer-Tomkinson was born at Willington Hall in Willington in December 1879.[1] He was educated at Eton College, before going up to the University of Oxford. He later toured British India with the Oxford University Authentics in 1902–03, making three first-class appearances on the tour against Bombay, the Parsees and the Gentlemen of England.[2] He scored 99 in his three first-class matches, with a high score of 41.[3] He married Marion Lindsay Smith in 1912, and the couple had four children, including the Olympic skier James Algernon Palmer-Tomkinson.[1] He died in November 1961 at Inkpen, Berkshire.