Keith Paul William James McAdam (born 13 August 1945) is a former Scottish

Scottish people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. McAdam was a left-handed batsman and right-arm bowler, although his bowling style is unknown. He was born in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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, Midlothian

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.

McAdam made his first-class

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 debut for Cambridge University

Cambridge University Cricket Club

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 against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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 in 1964. He played 20 further first-class matches for the University, the last coming against Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 in 1966. In his 20 first-class matches for the University, he scored 752 runs at a batting average

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 of 19.78, with two half centuries and a high score of 59. In 1967, he played a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club

Marylebone Cricket Club

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 at Lord's

Lord's Cricket Ground

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, with McAdam making his highest first-class score in the MCC first-innings, scoring 63 before being dismissed by Stephen Russell.

McAdam had by this time joined Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club

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, making his debut for the county in the 1966 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire

Berkshire County Cricket Club

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. McAdam played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1966 to 1968, which included 7 Minor Counties Championship matches. He made his only List A appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the 1969 Gillette Cup

1969 Gillette Cup

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. In this match he scored a single run, before being dismissed by John Price.

External links

• Keith McAdam at ESPNcricinfo
• Keith McAdam at CricketArchive
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