Esmond Lewis
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| Full name | Esmond Burman Lewis | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 January 1918 Shirley, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 October 1983 (aged 65) Dorridge, West Midlands, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1949 – 1958 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 June 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Esmond Burman Lewis (5 January 1918 – 19 October 1983) was an English wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Warwickshire from 1949 to 1958.
Lewis began playing for the Warwickshire Second XI in 1936[1] but had to wait 13 years for his first-class debut. When he finally played, against Oxford University in 1949, he took eight catches and a stumping, setting a Warwickshire record.[2] However, he had to remain the county's reserve wicket-keeper, because the regular wicket-keeper, Dick Spooner, was a better batsman.[2]
Lewis played as an amateur, and was selected three times between 1954 and 1957 to keep wicket for the Gentlemen against the Players.[3] Rather than play county cricket full-time, he chose to support his family by concentrating on his successful business career.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Esmond Lewis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ a b Wisden 1984, p. 1203.
- ^ "First-class matches played by Esmond Lewis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Robert Brooke, "Esmond Lewis – Gentleman and Player", The Cricketer, January 1984, p. 34.