Henry James Adams (25 April 1852 – 21 February 1922) was an English first-class cricketer. Adams' was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper and who could also bowl right-arm medium pace. He was born at Croydon, Surrey.
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| Full name | Henry James Adams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 April 1852 Croydon, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 February 1922 (aged 70) Edmonton, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1887–1889 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1], 11 June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adams made his first-class debut for Surrey against Sussex in 1887. He made three further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1889.[1] In his five first-class matches for Surrey, he scored 25 runs at an average of 8.33, with a high score of 9. Behind the stumps he took 4 catches and made 2 stumpings.[2] He also made a single first-class appearance for CI Thornton's XI against the touring Australians in 1888.[1] He was dismissed for a duck twice in the match, both times by J. J. Ferris.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Henry Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ "CI Thornton's XI v Australians, 1888". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
External links
edit- Henry Adams at ESPNcricinfo
- Henry Adams at CricketArchive