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Sidney Clarke Adams (17 August 1904 – 24 March 1945) was an English first-class cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who played first-class cricket for Northamptonshire. He was born in Northampton and died near Hamminkeln, Germany. Adams' first-class career lasted from 1926 and 1932. His only first-class fifty, a knock of 87, came against Dublin University in a match in which he recorded his best bowling figures of 6 for 32 and took wickets with the first two balls he bowled in first-class cricket. The victim of his first delivery was the playwright Samuel Beckett.[1][2]

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Sidney Adams

Personal information
Born	(1904-08-17)17 August 1904 Northampton, England
Died	24 March 1945(1945-03-24) (aged 40) near Hamminkeln, Germany
Batting	Right hand batsmen
Bowling	Leg Break
International information
National side	English
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 11 Runs scored 158 Batting average 10.53 100s/50s -/1 Top score 87 Balls bowled 359 Wickets 13 Bowling average 19.23 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 6/32 Catches/stumpings 5/-
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Gunner Adams died on 24 March 1945 serving with the 53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Air Landing Light Regiment, Royal Artillery in Germany. He is buried at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.[3]

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External links

• Sidney Adams at Cricket Archive

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