Frank Reginald Adams

Frank Adams (1852-1932) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1875 to 1879. He also captained his country.

Frank's siblings were his older brother William Ormond (born 1847), and four younger siblings, Howard Cadwallader, Ellen Georgina, Emma Catherine, and Mary Beatrice. He was educated at Wellington College, a younger co-student of another England rugby captain Henry Lawrence.

Rugby union career Adams played his club rugby for Richmond F.C. and made his international debut on 15 February 1875 at The Oval in the England vs Ireland match. Notably, Adams was playing first team rugby football in both the 20-aside and 15-aside eras of the game.

Career Professionally, Adams was a shipping insurer, a career that took him to Australia, New Zealand and later to the US where he married. His punishing travel schedule put paid to his rugby playing career.

Personal life

Adams was married twice. His first wife was Rachel Seabrook of Charleston, South Carolina, US in 1904 he married Julie Henrietta Ogden Jones, the daughter of William Ogden Jones of Park Avenue, New York. Together they had two sons, Frank Ormond Adams (born 1905) and William Ogden Cadwallader Adams (born 1907). Frank Ormond Adams became a Colonel in the US Army serving in both the Second World War and the Korean War. Adams family associations included his father's cousin Henry Cadwallader Adams (1817–1899), the children's writer.

Death Frank Adams died, aged 80, in 1932, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.