Geoffrey Adams (cricketer)

Geoffrey Coker Arding Adams (24 May 1909 – 10 February 1998) was an English first-class cricketer and newspaper director.

Geoffrey Adams

Personal information
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1928–1930	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 18 Runs scored 421 Batting average 13.58 100s/50s –/– Top score 42 Balls bowled 283 Wickets 4 Bowling average 40.50 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/0 Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 September 2009

Adams was born in Hampstead, London, and educated at Radley College and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1] A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, he played for Hampshire between 1928 and 1930. In 33 first-class innings, Adams' highest score was 42 against Glamorgan in 1929.[2]

He moved to Australia, where he built a newspaper group in regional Victoria.[3][4]

References

1. "Geoffrey Adams". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
2. "Hampshire v Glamorgan 1929". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
3. David Frith, Bodyline Autopsy, ABC Books, Sydney, 2002, p. 244.
4. "Geoffrey Adams". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

External links

• Geoffrey Adams at ESPNcricinfo
• Geoffrey Adams at Cricket Archive