Lewis Newnham

Lewis Newnham
Personal information
Full name
Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham
Born(1881-09-13)13 September 1881Jansenville, Cape Colony
Died20 November 1932(1932-11-20) (aged 51)Pretoria, South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1903/04Border
1920/21Transvaal
Career statistics
CompetitionFirst-class
Matches2
Runs scored12
Batting average4.00
100s/50s0/0
Top score9
Balls bowled270
Wickets5
Bowling average12.80
5 wickets in innings0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling3/14
Catches/stumpings0/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 December 2020

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]

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

  1. ^ abc"Cyril Newnham". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  2. ^"Lewis Newnham". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^"Transvaal v Orange Free State 1920–21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. ^"Pretoria v SB Joel's XI 1924–25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. ^"Cricket: Match in South Africa: Mr Joel's XI v Pretoria". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 27 November 1924. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^"Cricket: Mr J. B. Joel's XI [sic] v Pretoria: Rain Intervenes". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 28 November 1924. p. 10 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^"Cape Corps"(PDF). London Gazette: 6668. 5 June 1918.
  8. ^"Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham". Ancestry. Retrieved 17 December 2020.