Geoffrey Adams (cricketer)
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| Full name | Geoffrey Coker Arding Adams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1909 Hampstead, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 February 1998 (aged 88) Geelong, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1930 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 September 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geoffrey Coker Arding Adams MBE (24 May 1909 — 10 February 1998) was an English first-class cricketer and newspaper proprietor.
The son of Hugh Geoffrey Coker Adams, he was born at Hampstead in May 1909. He was educated at Radley College,[1] before matriculating to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Although a member of the Cambridge University Cricket Club, he did not feature for the first eleven. However, he did gain a blue playing rugby union for Cambridge University R.U.F.C..[2] During his summer holiday from Cambridge, Adams played first-class cricket for Hampshire, making his debut against Worcestershire in the 1928 County Championship. Having played once in 1928, he made a further twelve appearances in 1929 and five in 1930.[3] In eighteen first-class matches for Hampshire, Adams had modest success as a middle-order batsman.[2] He scored 421 runs at an average of 13.58, with a highest score of 42.[4]
Adams married Betty Clover in June 1935 at Whitegate, Cheshire.[5] He later served in the Second World War with the British Army, being commissioned into the Royal Welch Fusiliers as a second lieutenant in March 1940.[6] Following the war, he resigned his commission in January 1946 having reached the war substantive rank of major and was granted the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel.[7] He followed in his fathers footsteps by emigrating to Australia,[5] where he built a newspaper group in rural Victoria.[2] He was instrumental in preserving papers concerning the 1932–33 Bodyline tour.[8] For his services to publishing in Victoria, Adams was made an MBE in the 1969 Birthday Honours.[9] He died at Geelong in February 1998.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Register, 1847-1923. Oxford University Press. 1923. p. 411.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Wisden - Obituaries in 1998". ESPNcricinfo. 6 December 2005. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Geoffrey Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Social and Personal". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 18 August 2023 – via Trove.
- ^ "No. 34813". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1940. p. 1620.
- ^ "No. 37451". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 January 1946. p. 757.
- ^ Frith, David (24 June 2013). Bodyline Autopsy. London: Aurum. p. 303. ISBN 9781781311936.
- ^ "No. 44863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1969. p. 5983.
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