Lewis Newnham

Lewis Newnham
Personal information
Full name
Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham
Born(1881-09-13)13 September 1881
Jansenville, Cape Colony
Died20 November 1932(1932-11-20) (aged 51)
Pretoria, South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1903/04Border
1920/21Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 12
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 9
Balls bowled 270
Wickets 5
Bowling average 12.80
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/14
Catches/stumpings 0/0
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. ^ a b c "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.
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