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Sidney Adams
Personal information
Born(1904-08-17)17 August 1904
Northampton, England
Died24 March 1945(1945-03-24) (aged 40)
near Hamminkeln, Germany
BattingRight hand batsmen
BowlingLeg Break
International information
National side
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/-
Source: [1]

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.

Gunner Adams died on 24 March 1945 serving with the Royal Artillery in Germany. He is buried at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.[1]

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