# Keith McAdam > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keith_McAdam > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keith_McAdam.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_McAdam > Source revision: 1318252725 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Keith McAdam | image = | country = Scotland | international = | fullname = Keith Paul William James McAdam | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|8|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), [Midlothian](/source/Midlothian), Scotland | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm (unknown style) | role = | family = | club1 = [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1967 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1966–1969 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) | year3 = 1965–1966 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 2 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 21 | runs1 = 815 | bat avg1 = 20.89 | 100s/50s1 = –/3 | top score1 = 63 | deliveries1 = 12 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 10/– | column2 = [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) | matches2 = 1 | runs2 = 1 | bat avg2 = 1.00 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 1 | deliveries2 = – | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = –/– | date = 7 May | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17461.html Cricinfo }} '''Keith Paul William James McAdam''' [DL](/source/Deputy_Lieutenant) (born 13 August 1945) is a former Scottish [cricket](/source/cricket)er and a specialist in tropical diseases. ==Cricket career== McAdam was a left-handed [batsman](/source/batsman_(cricket)). He was born in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh).{{cite web |title=Keith McAdam |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/keith-mcadam-17461 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=14 July 2021}} McAdam made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) against [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) in 1964. He played 19 further first-class matches for the university, the last coming against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in 1966.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}} In his 20 first-class matches for the university, he scored 752 runs at a [batting average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 19.78, with two [half centuries](/source/half_century) and a highest score of 59.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}} In 1967, he played a single first-class match for the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) at [Lord's](/source/Lord's), making his highest first-class score in the MCC first innings, scoring 63 before being dismissed by [Stephen Russell](/source/Stephen_Russell_(cricketer)).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/28/28806.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Cambridge University, 1967|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}} McAdam made his debut for [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the 1966 [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship) against [Berkshire](/source/Berkshire_County_Cricket_Club). He played seven Minor Counties Championship matches for Buckinghamshire between 1966 and 1968.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}} He made his only [List A](/source/List_A_cricket) appearance for Buckinghamshire against Middlesex in the [1969 Gillette Cup](/source/1969_Gillette_Cup), scoring one run before being dismissed by [John Price](/source/John_Price_(England_cricketer)).{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30004.html|title=Middlesex v Buckinghamshire, 1969 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Keith McAdam|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 May 2011}} ==Education and medical career== McAdam grew up in [Uganda](/source/Uganda), where his father, Sir Ian McAdam, was Professor of Surgery at [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University).{{cite web|title=Keith McAdam|url=http://www.accordiafoundation.org/portal/keith-mcadam|website=Accordia|accessdate=17 October 2016|archive-date=18 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205747/http://www.accordiafoundation.org/portal/keith-mcadam|url-status=dead}} He attended [Prince of Wales School](/source/Nairobi_School) in Nairobi, [Millfield School](/source/Millfield_School) in England, and [Clare College, Cambridge](/source/Clare_College%2C_Cambridge), where he studied medicine.''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 1967, p. 338. He became an eminent physician, specialising in tropical diseases.{{cite web|url=http://www.amref.org/who-we-are/keith-mcadam/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407064517/http://www.amref.org/who-we-are/keith-mcadam/ |url-status=dead |archive-date= 7 April 2011 |title=Keith McAdam |publisher=AMREF |accessdate=28 August 2012 }} He is the founding director of the [Infectious Diseases Institute](/source/Infectious_Diseases_Institute) in [Kampala](/source/Kampala), the associate international director at the [Royal College of Physicians](/source/Royal_College_of_Physicians) in London, and is on the International Board of [the African Medical and Research Foundation](/source/Amref_Health_Africa). He is the founder of the charity "Music for my Mind", which uses music to help dementia patients{{cite web|title=Professor Keith McAdam|url=http://musicformymind.com/portfolio/professor-keith-mcadam/|website=Music for my Mind|accessdate=19 October 2016}} and a Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire.[https://lord-lieutenant-herts.org.uk/about-us/deputy-lieutenants/ Deputy Lieutenants] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17461.html Keith McAdam] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo) *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31348/31348.html Keith McAdam] at CricketArchive *[http://standard.gm/site/2014/09/26/professor-keith-mcadam/ An interview with Professor Keith McAdam in 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018220633/http://standard.gm/site/2014/09/26/professor-keith-mcadam/ |date=18 October 2016 }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McAdam, Keith}} Category:1945 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Nairobi School Category:People educated at Millfield Category:Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge Category:Deputy lieutenants of Hertfordshire Category:Cricketers from Edinburgh Category:Scottish cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:Buckinghamshire cricketers Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:20th-century Scottish medical doctors Category:21st-century Scottish medical doctors Category:Scottish medical researchers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Keith McAdam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_McAdam) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_McAdam?action=history)). 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