Tom Adams (cricketer)

Tom Robert Adams

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Robert Adams
Born	(1810-05-02)2 May 1810 Gravesend, Kent, England
Died	Gravesend, Kent, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Roundarm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1851	Lancashire (pre-county club)
1848	Hampshire (pre-county club)
1838–1856	Marylebone Cricket Club
1836–1858	Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 157 Runs scored 3,435 Batting average 12.31 100s/50s –/9 Top score 78 Balls bowled 1,862 Wickets 152 Bowling average 12.90 5 wickets in innings 5 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 7/? Catches/stumpings 144/–
Source: Cricinfo, 10 May 2010

Thomas Miles Adams (2 May 1808 – 20 January 1894) was an English cricketer in the mid-19th century. He was a member of the great Kent county cricket teams of the 1840s and played for both MCC and the All-England Eleven. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled medium pace roundarm style.

Adams was born in Gravesend in Kent. He made his debut in the 1836 season and is known to have made 157 appearances in matches which were later given first-class cricket status from 1836 to 1858. He played for Kent both before the first official county club was formed in 1842 and afterwards for Kent County Cricket Club. He stood as umpire in 20 top-class matches from 1852 to 1865.

External links

• Tom Adams at Cricket Archive

Further reading

• Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827-1840), Lillywhite, 1862
• Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 3-9 (1841-1866), Lillywhite, 1862–1867