| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Paul Adams |
| Birth Date: | 22 December 1949 |
| Birth Place: | East Ham, Essex, England |
| Umpire: | true |
| Wodisumpired: | 1 |
| Umpwodidebutyr: | 2001 |
| Fcumpired: | 23 |
| Umpfcdebutyr: | 1992 |
| Umpfclastyr: | 2002 |
| Listaumpired: | 13 |
| Umplistadebutyr: | 1991 |
| Umplistalastyr: | 2002 |
| Date: | 18 March |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Players/9/9504/9504.html CricketArchive |
Paul Adams (born 22 December 1949) is an English former cricket umpire.[1]
A schoolmaster by profession,[2] Adams began officiating in county cricket in the Minor Counties Championship in 1987.[3] He first officiated in List A one-day matches in 1991, when he stood at Canterbury in the match between Kent and Cambridgeshire in the NatWest Trophy. Adams officiated in List A matches until 2002, standing in 12 matches in the NatWest Trophy (and from 2001, its successor the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy), in addition to standing in one match between first-class counties in the 2001 Norwich Union League.[4]
In addition to standing in List A matches, Adams also stood in 23 first-class matches from 1992 to 2002, following an invitation to join the first-class reserve umpires list for 1992. The matches he stood in typically involved touring sides playing county opponents, or Oxford and Cambridge Universities. None of the 23 first-class matches that he stood in were in the County Championship.[5] Besides umpiring in men's cricket, Adams also umpired in a Women's One Day International between England and Australia at Derby in 2001.[6] He was the headmaster of St Ignatius' College in Enfield, before retiring in 2007.[2]