Nathan Adcock

Nathan Tennyson Adcock (born 22 April 1978) is a Lawyer and former professional cricketer who played for the South Australia cricket team, who he captained for part of the 2007–08 season before being replaced with Graham Manou and dropped from South Australia's squad altogether.

For the baseball player, see Nate Adcock.

Nathan Adcock
Born
Nathan Tennyson Adcock

(1978-04-22) 22 April 1978
Campbelltown, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationSt Peter's College
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
OccupationLawyer
Personal information
NicknameBowser
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm offbreak
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98–2007/08South Australia
First-class debut15 October 1997 South Australia v Tasmania[1]
Last First-class21 January 2008 South Australia v Victoria
List A debut5 October 1997 South Australia v New South Wales[2]
Last List A13 February 2008 South Australia v Tasmania
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 29 45 8
Runs scored 1,190 938 86
Batting average 23.80 25.35 12.28
100s/50s 1/4 0/6 0/0
Top score 114 91* 39
Balls bowled 975 456 84
Wickets 13 12 7
Bowling average 45.46 35.83 15.57
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/30 3/45 3/19
Catches/stumpings 34/– 22/– 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 March 2018

Education

Adcock was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide where he completed matriculation in 1995. He was invited back to serve as School Captain in 1996.

He commenced a Commerce/Law degree in 1997 at the University of Adelaide, however his burgeoning first-class cricket career meant it took him a little longer than average to complete the two programs. He graduated from the Law School in 2004.[3]

He was admitted to practice law in 2004.[4]

Career

Law

He commenced working for Hunt & Hunt Lawyers, whilst captaining the Adelaide University first grade side and remaining a member of the Redbacks State squad.[3]

Cricket

Adcock placed his legal career on hold when on 28 August 2007, he was named as captain of the South Australian cricket team replacing Darren Lehmann who had stepped down. The previous season Adcock only played only four first-class matches however he topped SA's first-class averages with 324 runs at 46.[5]

Midway through the 2007/08 season, he suffered a form slump averaging less than 20[6] and was replaced as captain by Graham Manou.[7]

Following the end of the 2007/08 season, Adcock was not offered a new contract.[8]

Return to Law

In 2009 he joined Law firm Fenwick Elliott Grace with his principal area of practice being Construction and Engineering.[9]

A commercial lawyer, He later became a partner at Lynch Meyer.[4]

Other

He was appointed as a Board Member of the South Australian Cricket Association in May 2014.[10]

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See also

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Nathan Adcock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  2. "List A Matches played by Nathan Adcock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  3. "Adelaidean – Nathan declares: we're athlete friendly". www.adelaide.edu.au. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  4. "Nathan Adcock – Lynch Meyer Lawyers". Lynch Meyer Lawyers. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. "Nathan Adcock named SA cricket captain". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  6. "Adcock not safe as Redbacks captain". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  7. "Redbacks dump skipper". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  8. "Adcock dumped by SA". ABC News. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  9. "Nathan Adcock". feg.com.au. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  10. "Nathan Adcock wants a longer innings". Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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