Lionel Palairet (1870–1933) 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;
an unwillingness to tour during the English winter limited his Test
appearances. 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. 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. Contemporaries judged Palairet
to have one of the most attractive batting styles of the period, and his
obituary in The Times described him as "the most beautiful batsman of
all time".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Palairet>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1792:
French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign
armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, thousands of
people were summarily executed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Massacres>
1864:
American Civil War: Union forces entered Atlanta, Georgia, a
day after the Confederate defenders fled the city, bringing the Atlanta
Campaign to a close.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Campaign>
1946:
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru
(pictured), was formed to assist the transition of India from British
rule to independence.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interim_Government_of_India>
1957:
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam became the first
foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem_presidential_visit_to_Australia>
1990:
Transnistria unilaterally declared its independence from what
was then the Moldavian SSR of the Soviet Union, but it remains only a
partially recognised state.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
punctilio:
A fine point in exactness of conduct, ceremony or procedure. Strictness
in observance of formalities.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/punctilio>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
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--Henry George
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