Henry Adams (cricketer)
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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 | (1852-04-25)25 April 1852 Croydon, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 February 1922(1922-02-21) (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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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]