Joseph Mould Adcock (10 March 1864 – 24 January 1914) was an English-born cricketer who played one match of first-class cricket for Nelson in New Zealand in 1891.[1] He also represented South Canterbury against touring cricket teams in 1903 and 1906.[2]
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| Full name | Joseph Mould Adcock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 March 1864 Tamworth, Staffordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 1914 (aged 49) Willesborough, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1891-92 | Nelson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adcock was an Anglican clergyman. He was ordained as a deacon in 1890 and as a priest in 1892. He served as domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Nelson, and was the curate at Brightwater, then Motueka. He returned to England to study at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, graduating MA in 1903. He returned to New Zealand, serving at Timaru and Temuka. In 1910 he again returned to England, where he was rector of Willesborough from 1911 until his death in 1914.[3] He died after contracting typhoid fever in Switzerland.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Nelson v Wellington 1891-92". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Joseph Adcock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: Volume II, Part I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1940. p. 13. ISBN 9781108036115.
- ^ Green, Benny (10 October 1975). "Talking of year books". The Spectator. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
External links
edit- Joseph Adcock at ESPNcricinfo
- Joseph Adcock at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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