| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Adams |
| Born | (1949-12-22)22 December 1949 (age 75) East Ham,Essex, England |
| Umpiring information | |
| WODIs umpired | 1 (2001) |
| FC umpired | 23 (1992–2002) |
| LA umpired | 13 (1991–2002) |
Source:CricketArchive,18 March 2021 | |
Paul Adams (born 22 December 1949) is an English formercricket umpire.[1]
A schoolmaster by profession,[2] Adams began officiating incounty cricket in theMinor Counties Championship in 1987.[3] He first officiated inList A one-day matches in 1991, when he stood atCanterbury in the match betweenKent andCambridgeshire in theNatWest 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 the2001 Norwich Union League.[4]
In addition to standing in List A matches, Adams also stood in 23first-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, orOxford andCambridge Universities. None of the 23 first-class matches that he stood in were in theCounty Championship.[5] Besides umpiring in men's cricket, Adams also umpired in aWomen's One Day International betweenEngland andAustralia atDerby in 2001.[6] He was the headmaster ofSt Ignatius' College inEnfield, before retiring in 2007.[2]