Background
He was born in Ibstock and died in Leicester.
He was born in Ibstock and died in Leicester.
He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire in 1938. Adcock played for just one County Championship season, making his debut against Warwickshire in a rain-interrupted draw. Adcock played four further matches during the 1938 season, and was never on the winning side in a County Championship game.
Three of the five first-class games in which Adcock participated were lost by an innings margin.
Adcock was a lower-middle order batsman. Adcock bowled just ten overs in his first-class career, and the following year, played in the Minor Counties Championship for Lincolnshire.
He died at the age of 88.