| Edmund Adams | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Edmund Joe Adams |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England |
| Death Place: | Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Year1: | 1935 |
| Type1: | First-class |
| Onetype1: | true |
| Debutdate1: | 20 July |
| Debutyear1: | 1935 |
| Debutfor1: | Somerset |
| Debutagainst1: | Essex |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 5 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 5 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Date: | 30 March |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3399/3399.html CricketArchive |
Edmund Joe Adams (1 February 1915 – 1 March 2005) was an English cricketer who played one first-class match for Somerset in July 1935.[1] Adams was born in Shepton Mallet and died in Kingston upon Thames. A book published in 2017 gave his date of death as 24 March 2005.[2]
Adams batted in just one innings of the match against Essex at Clacton.[3] He scored five coming in fifth in the batting order in the first innings, but when Somerset captain Reggie Ingle rejigged the order to make swift runs for a declaration in the second innings, Adams did not bat. Ingle's tactics were justified with a 150-run victory.
Adams was the son of a stonemason and a schoolmistress, and the family relocated from Somerset to Wandsworth in London, where he played club cricket with Roehampton Cricket Club and the Club Cricket Conference, though he remained a supporter of Somerset.[2] By career, he was a travelling salesman, though he also acted temporarily as a groundsman at Cheltenham after war service.[2]