Joey Palmer

Joey Palmer
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	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side	Australia;
Test debut	6 September 1880 v England
Last Test	12 August 1886 v England
Career statistics
	Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2020

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

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

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 (née McCarthy), in 1888.[2] His brother-in-law was John McCarthy 'Jack' Blackham.[5]

References

"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.
"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. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, 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

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[death-1] "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.

[marriage-2] "Family Notices". The Argus (Melbourne) (13, 034). Victoria, Australia. 31 March 1888. p. 1. Retrieved 22 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "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.

[4] Atkinson, p. 180.

[5] Johnson, Ian (1974). "'Palmer, George Eugene (1859–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 5. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.