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Richard Adams

1838 – 1897

English cricketer

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Lived 1838 – 1897 (aged 59). Richard Adams was a British cricketer.

Richard Leonard Adams (29 March 1838 – 11 April 1897) was an English first-class cricketer. Adams's batting and bowling styles are unknown.

Adams was born at Bath, Somerset, and educated at Westminster School. He later studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the university cricket club against Cambridge Town Club at Parker's Piece in 1859. He batted once during Cambridge University's first-innings, scoring a single run before he was dismissed by Frederick Reynolds. He took the wickets of Charles Pryor and Joseph Masterson in the Cambridge Town Club first-innings, however due to an incomplete match scorecard his exact bowling figures are unknown.

Adams became an Anglican priest and was vicar of Framfield 1866–76, then rector of Shere 1876–93. He died at Cockington, Devon on 11 April 1897.

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Westminster School, Christ's College
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Richard Leonard Adams

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Who was Richard Adams?

English cricketer (1838-1897)

When was Richard Adams born?

Richard Adams was born on 29 March 1838 in Bath.

When did Richard Adams die?

Richard Adams died on 11 April 1897 in Cockington.

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Richard Adams was a cricketer.

What nationality was Richard Adams?

Richard Adams was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Richard Adams

· Wikidata: Q15999757

· DBpedia: Richard Adams (cricketer)

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