Full Name

Sidney Clarke Adams

Born

August 17, 1904, Northampton

Died

March 24, 1945, near Hamminkelu, Germany, (aged 40y 219d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Sidney Adams, was killed while crossing the Rhine with Allied forces on March 24, 1945, aged 40. He was a council clerk and leg-spinner who took wickets with his first two balls in first-class cricket, playing for Northamptonshire against Dublin University in 1926. Adams had scored 87 earlier in the game and finished with figures of 6 for 32. His first wicket was that of Samuel Beckett, later winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Adams's later career was less illustrious than his victim's, though he played nine more games for the county.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

Sidney Adams Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC111611588710.530150

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC11359250136/3219.234.1727.610

Debut/Last Matches of Sidney Adams

FC Matches

Span
1926 - 1932