Keith McAdam

McAdam was a left-handed batsman and right-arm bowler, although his bowling style is unknown. He was born in Edinburgh.

McAdam made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Surrey in 1964. He played 20 further first-class matches for the University, the last coming against Oxford University in 1966.[1] In his 20 first-class matches for the University, he scored 752 runs at a batting average of 19.78, with two half centuries and a high score of 59.[2] In 1967, he played a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's, making his highest first-class score in the MCC first-innings, scoring 63 before being dismissed by Stephen Russell.[3]

McAdam had by this time joined Buckinghamshire, making his debut for the county in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. McAdam played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1966 to 1968, which included 7 Minor Counties Championship matches.[4] He made his only List A appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the 1969 Gillette Cup.[5] In this match he scored a single run, before being dismissed by John Price.[6]

McAdam grew up in Uganda, where his father, Sir Ian McAdam, was Professor of Surgery at Makerere.[7] He attended Prince of Wales School in Nairobi, Millfield School in England, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine.[8]

He became an eminent physician, specialising in tropical diseases.[9] He is the founding director of the Infectious Diseases Institute in Kampala, the associate international director at the Royal College of Physicians in London, and is on the International Board of the African Medical and Research Foundation.[7]

He is the founder of the charity "Music for my Mind", which uses music to help dementia patients[10] and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.[11]

• Keith McAdam at ESPNcricinfo
• Keith McAdam at CricketArchive
• An interview with Professor Keith McAdam in 2014