Arthur Hamilton Lewis (16 September 1901 — 23 August 1980) was an English cricketer who represented Hampshire in first-class cricket and Berkshire in minor counties cricket.
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| Full name | Arthur Hamilton Lewis | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1901 Maseru, Basutoland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 August 1980 (aged 78) Heavitree, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1929 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1931–1937 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Lewis was born in Maseru in what is now Lesotho (previously part of the British colony of Basutoland). He is one of only a few first-class cricketers to be born in that country.[a] He was educated on the Isle of Man, before matriculating to Jesus College, Cambridge.[1] After graduating from Cambridge, he became an assistant master at Wellington College, Berkshire.[2] Lewis made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Surrey at The Oval in the 1929 County Championship.[3] Opening the batting alongside George Brown in Hampshire's first and only innings, he was dismissed for 20 runs by Alan Peach.[4] Between 1931 and 1937, Lewis played minor counties cricket for Berkshire, making 35 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.[5] Outside of county cricket, he was known for his remarkable scoring feats in club cricket.[6] He was described by Wisden as being a "cross-bat hitter with a wonderful eye and a magnificent cover-point".[6]
Lewis married Mary Perceval Newhouse, the daughter of a clergyman, in August 1930.[7] He died in August 1980 in Heavitree, Devon.[6]
Notes and references
edit- ^ Others include Alan Barr, George Boyes, Harry Boyes, Reginald Lagden, Ronald Lagden, and Dennis Piers.
- ^ Calendar. University of Cambridge. 1950. p. 76.
- ^ "Canon Newhouse's Daughter Engaged". Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette. Oxford. 8 February 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Lewis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Surrey v Hampshire, County Championship 1929". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Arthur Lewis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "Wisden – Obituaries in 1980". ESPNcricinfo. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Marriages". Reading Standard. 23 August 1930. p. 1. Retrieved 15 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.