Edmund Adams

Edmund Joe Adams (1 February 1915 – 1 March 2005) was an English cricketer who played one first-class match for Somerset in July 1935.[1] Adams was born in Shepton Mallet and died in Kingston upon Thames. A book published in 2017 gives his date of death as 24 March 2005.[2]

Edmund Adams
Personal information
Full nameEdmund Joe Adams
Born(1915-02-01)1 February 1915
Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England
Died1 March 2005(2005-03-01) (aged 90)
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935Somerset
Only First-class20 July 1935 Somerset v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 5
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 5
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 March 2010

Adams batted in just one innings of the match against Essex at Clacton.[3] He scored five coming in fifth in the batting order in the first innings, but when Somerset captain Reggie Ingle rejigged the order to make swift runs for a declaration in the second innings, Adams did not bat. Ingle's tactics were justified with a 150-run victory.

Life and career

Adams was the son of a stonemason and a schoolmistress, and the family relocated from Somerset to Wandsworth in London, where he played club cricket with Roehampton Cricket Club and the Club Cricket Conference, though he remained a supporter of Somerset.[2] By career, he was a travelling salesman, though he also acted temporarily as a groundsman at Cheltenham after war service.[2]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Edmund Adams". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. Stephen Hill and Barry Phillips. Somerset Cricketers, 1919–1939 (2017 ed.). Halsgrove. pp. 268–269. ISBN 978-0-85704-306-1.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. "Scorecard: Essex v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 20 July 1935. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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