Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham (13 September 1881 – 20 November 1932) was a South African cricketer. He played in two first-class matches in 1903/04 and 1920/21.[1][2]
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| Full name | Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1881 Jansenville, Cape Colony | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 November 1932 (aged 51) Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1903/04 | Border | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920/21 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Newnham was a left-handed batsman and left-arm bowler.[1] In his second first-class match, 17 years after his first, he took 3 for 14 off 9 overs in the second innings to help Transvaal to an innings victory over Orange Free State in the 1920–21 Currie Cup.[3] At the age of 43 he scored 58, the highest score on either side in the two-day match, for a Pretoria side against S. B. Joel's XI, a team consisting largely of English Test cricketers, in November 1924.[4][5][6]
Newnham was educated at Cranleigh School in England.[1] He served as an officer in the Cape Corps in World War I.[7] He married Constance Vera Lofthouse in Pretoria in March 1910; they had several children.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Cyril Newnham". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Lewis Newnham". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Transvaal v Orange Free State 1920–21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Pretoria v SB Joel's XI 1924–25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "Cricket: Match in South Africa: Mr Joel's XI v Pretoria". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 27 November 1924. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cricket: Mr J. B. Joel's XI [sic] v Pretoria: Rain Intervenes". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 28 November 1924. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Cape Corps" (PDF). London Gazette: 6668. 5 June 1918.
- ^ "Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham". Ancestry. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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