Ken Palmer

Ken Palmer

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Ernest Palmer
Born	(1937-04-22) 22 April 1937 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
Relations	Roy Palmer (brother) Gary Palmer (son)
International information
National side	England
Only Test (cap 427)	12 February 1965 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1955–1969	Somerset
Umpiring information
Tests umpired	22 (1978–1994)
ODIs umpired	23 (1977–2001)
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class List A Matches 1 314 24 Runs scored 10 7771 137 Batting average 10.00 20.72 9.78 100s/50s –/– 2/27 –/– Top score 10 125* 35 Balls bowled 378 44302 1335 Wickets 1 866 34 Bowling average 189.00 21.34 21.55 5 wickets in innings – 47 – 10 wickets in match – 5 n/a Best bowling 1/113 9/57 4/26 Catches/stumpings –/– 158/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 15 October 2009

Kenneth Ernest Palmer (born 22 April 1937) is an English former cricketer and umpire, who played in one Test in 1965, and umpired 22 Tests and 23 ODIs from 1977 to 2001. He was born in Winchester, Hampshire.

Playing career

A reliable all-rounder for Somerset between 1955 and 1969, Palmer was a right-handed middle-order batsman and fast-medium bowler with a whippy action, whose best season was 1961, when he achieved the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets.

Palmer played one Test. Because of injuries to other bowlers (John Price, David Brown and Tom Cartwright), he was called up while coaching in Johannesburg to play in the fifth Test at Port Elizabeth, on the 1964-65 England tour of South Africa. It was a poor debut on a pitch made for batting, and Palmer's one wicket cost 189 runs, which meant his bowling average is the second worst in England's Test history (after John Warr).

Umpiring

Palmer was appointed as an umpire in 1972, and made his international debut in the England versus Pakistan Test in June 1978.

Family connections

His brother, Roy Palmer, also played for Somerset, and equally became a first-class and Test match umpire. His son Gary played as an all-rounder for Somerset also.

See also

• List of Test cricket umpires
• List of One Day International cricket umpires

External links

• Ken Palmer at ESPNcricinfo
• Ken Palmer at CricketArchive (subscription required)