Henry Adams (cricketer)

Henry Adams

Personal information
Full name	Henry James Adams
Born	25 April 1851 Croydon, Surrey, England
Died	21 February 1922 (aged 70) Edmonton, Middlesex, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1887–1889	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 25 Batting average 5.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 9 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/2
Source: , 11 June 2012

Henry James Adams (25 April 1851 – 21 February 1922) was an English 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.

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]

He died at Edmonton, Middlesex on 21 February 1922.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
3. "CI Thornton's XI v Australians, 1888". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

External links

• Henry Adams at ESPNcricinfo
• Henry Adams at CricketArchive