Henry Adams (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Henry Adams

| country = England

| international =

| fullname = Henry James Adams

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1852|4|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Croydon, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1922|2|21|1851|4|25|df=yes}}

| death_place = Edmonton, Middlesex, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1887–1889

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 25

| bat avg1 = 5.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 9

| deliveries1 = –

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/2

| date = 11 June

| year = 2012

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27410/27410.html

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27410/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Adams|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27410/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Adams|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3299.html|title=CI Thornton's XI v Australians, 1888|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 December 2011}}

He died at Edmonton, Middlesex on 21 February 1922.