Lionel Palairet
✓ Source-basedrisingCricket player of England. (1870-1933)
Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet was an English amateur cricketer who played for Somerset and Oxford University. A graceful right-handed batsman, he was selected to play Test cricket for England twice in 1902. Contemporaries judged Palairet to have one of the most attractive batting styles of the period.
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Charles Wreford-BrownAlso played for Oxford University Cricket ClubTom CartwrightAlso played for Somerset County Cricket Club
Ian BlackwellAlso played for Somerset County Cricket ClubDonald CarrAlso played for Oxford University Cricket Club
Bernard BosanquetAlso played for Oxford University Cricket Club
Leslie GayAlso played for Somerset County Cricket ClubAbout this person
Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet was an English amateur cricketer who played for Somerset and Oxford University. A graceful right-handed batsman, he was selected to play Test cricket for England twice in 1902. Contemporaries judged Palairet to have one of the most attractive batting styles of the period. His obituary in The Times described him as "the most beautiful batsman of all time". An unwillingness to tour during the English winter limited Palairet's Test appearances; contemporaries believed he deserved more Test caps.
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