Lionel Palairet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cricket player of England.
Date of Birth: 27-May-1870
Place of Birth: Grange-over-Sands, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Mar-1933
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Lionel Palairet
- Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet (27 May 1870 – 27 March 1933) 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. Palairet was educated at Repton School.
- He played in the school cricket team for four years, as captain in the latter two, before going to Oriel College, Oxford.
- He achieved his cricketing Blue in each of his four years at Oxford, and captained the side in 1892 and 1893.
- For Somerset, he frequently opened the batting with Herbie Hewett.
- In 1892, they shared a partnership of 346 for the first wicket, an opening stand that set a record for the County Championship and remains Somerset's highest first-wicket partnership.
- In that season, Palairet was named as one of the "Five Batsmen of the Year" by Wisden. Over the following decade, he was one of the leading amateur batsmen in England.
- He passed 1,000 first-class runs in a season on seven occasions, and struck two double centuries.
- His highest score, 292 runs against Hampshire in 1895, remained a record for a Somerset batsman until 1948.
- His only Test matches were the fourth and fifth Tests against Australia in 1902: Australia won the fourth Test by three runs, and England won the fifth Test by one wicket.
- After 1904, he appeared infrequently for Somerset, though he played a full season in 1907 when he was chosen to captain the county.
- He retired from first-class cricket in 1909, having scored over 15,000 runs.
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