Background
Adair was born at Street Stephen"s Green, Dublin, the son of John Adair, lawyer of Dublin.
Adair was born at Street Stephen"s Green, Dublin, the son of John Adair, lawyer of Dublin.
He studied at Trinity College, Dublin being scholar in 1871 and being awarded Bachelor in 1873.
He played cricket for his university between 1870 and 1874. In 1874 he was admitted at Pembroke College, Cambridge and while at Cambridge played one cricket match for Cambridge University and one against the University for an England XI led by Working group Grace. He was a scholar at Cambridge and was awarded Bachelor (7th Wrangler) at Cambridge in1878.
He was an assistant master at Derby School from 1877 to 1879 and in that time played one cricket match for Derbyshire against their Colts.
He also played for I Zingari. He became a Fellow of Pembroke College, and in 1881 was admitted to Inner Temple.
In 1883 played cricket for Ireland. Adair played 2 innings in two first class matches with an average of 31.00 and a top score of 17.
He was an occasional wicket-keeper.
Adair went to Australia where he was a physics demonstrator at the University of Sydney and was later professor Adair died at Ballsbridge, County Dublin, Ireland at the age of 61.