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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 was dismissed for a duck twice in the match, both times by J. J. Ferris.

He died at Edmonton, Middlesex on 21 February 1922.

References

1. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
3. "CI Thornton's XI v Australians, 1888". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2011.

External links

• Henry Adams at ESPNcricinfo
• Henry Adams at CricketArchive

• 1852 births
• 1922 deaths
• Cricketers from the London Borough of Croydon
• People from Croydon
• English cricketers
• Surrey cricketers
• C. I. Thornton's XI cricketers
• Wicket-keepers