Richard Palairet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1871
Place of Birth: Grange-over-Sands, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 11-Feb-1955
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Richard Palairet
- Richard Cameron North Palairet (25 June 1871 – 11 February 1955) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Somerset.
- After his playing days, he became a prominent cricket administrator, acting as secretary at Surrey County Cricket Club and being joint manager, with Pelham Warner, of the English cricket team in Australia in 1932-33 which became embroiled in the Bodyline controversy. As a cricket player, Palairet was overshadowed by his brother, Lionel, who played for the same two first-class sides and was regarded as one of the stylish batsmen of the 1890s and the early 1900s.
- Their father, Henry Palairet, played first-class cricket twice for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1868 and 1869. Richard Palairet's first-class record indicates that he was a useful right-handed batsman, but probably no more than useful: as a schoolboy at Repton he had been more successful than Lionel, but a soccer injury at Oxford restricted his movement and his fluency.
- He often opened the innings, though less frequently for Somerset, where his brother was ensconced at No 1, than for Oxford. In 112 first-class matches, he made exactly 4,000 runs at an average of 21 runs per innings; he scored only two centuries in a career that lasted 12 years.
- His highest was 156 against Sussex at the County Ground, Taunton in 1896 when he put on 249 for the second wicket with his brother, who made 154.
- In the winter of 1896–97 he was a member of a touring team to the West Indies led by Arthur Priestley; a second touring side to the West Indies that winter was led by Lord Hawke.
- After that tour, his appearances in first-class cricket became less frequent. Palairet played his last first-class match in 1902, but came back into the game as secretary of Surrey from 1920 to 1932.
- He stood down from that post to become joint manager on the Bodyline tour.
- He was president of Somerset County Cricket Club from 1937 to 1946.
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