About Henry Adams
Lived 1852 – 1922 (aged 69). Henry Adams was a British cricketer.
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.
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. 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. He also made a single first-class appearance for CI Thornton's XI against the touring Australians in 1888.
He died at Edmonton, Middlesex on 21 February 1922.
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Who was Henry Adams?
cricketer (1852-1922)
When was Henry Adams born?
Henry Adams was born on 25 April 1852 in Croydon.
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Henry Adams died on 21 February 1922 in Edmonton.
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Henry Adams was a cricketer.
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Henry Adams was British.
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