Manfred Jerome Palmes (5 February 1887 – 5 May 1968) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

Manfred Palmes
Personal information
Full name
Manfred Jerome Palmes
Born7 February 1887
Naburn, Yorkshire, England
Died5 May 1968(1968-05-05) (aged 81)
Simon's Town, Cape Province,
South Africa
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 10
Batting average 3.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 6
Balls bowled 114
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 December 2019

A member of the Palmes family, he was the son of Francis Jerome Palmes and Mary Theresa Broadbent and was born in February 1887 at Naburn Hall at Naburn, Yorkshire. Palmes graduated from the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1906, entering the Royal Navy as an acting sub-lieutenant, with confirmation in the rank coming in April 1908.[1] The following April he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.[2] He served with the Royal Navy in the First World War, during which he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in March 1917.[3] Following the war, Palmes played first-class cricket for the Royal Navy Cricket Club, making two appearances against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1919 and 1920.[4] He was promoted to the rank of commander in December 1921,[5] a rank he retained until his retirement in February 1933.[6] Palmes later emigrated to South Africa, where he died at Simon's Town in May 1968.

References

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  1. ^ "No. 28128". The London Gazette. 14 April 1908. p. 2850.
  2. ^ "No. 28238". The London Gazette. 2 April 1909. p. 2590.
  3. ^ "No. 30008". The London Gazette. 3 April 1917. p. 3207.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Manfred Palmes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  5. ^ "No. 32661". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 April 1922. p. 2728.
  6. ^ "No. 33914". The London Gazette. 24 February 1933. p. 1255.
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