| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Euros John Lewis |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales |
| Death Place: | Llanelli |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1967 - 1969 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1966 |
| Club3: | Glamorgan |
| Year3: | 1961 - 1966 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 182 |
| Runs1: | 3,487 |
| Bat Avg1: | 14.06 |
| 100S/50S1: | - /11 |
| Top Score1: | 80 |
| Deliveries1: | 20,035 |
| Wickets1: | 341 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 27.23 |
| Fivefor1: | 13 |
| Tenfor1: | 2 |
| Best Bowling1: | 8/89 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 131/ - |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 12 |
| Runs2: | 153 |
| Bat Avg2: | 23.40 |
| 100S/50S2: | - /1 |
| Top Score2: | 78 |
| Deliveries2: | - |
| Wickets2: | - |
| Bowl Avg2: | - |
| Fivefor2: | - |
| Tenfor2: | - |
| Best Bowling2: | - |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/ - |
| Date: | 18 March |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16276.html Cricinfo |
Euros John Lewis (31 January 1942 – 23 June 2014) was a Welsh cricketer. Lewis was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Llanelli, Carmarthenshire.
Lewis made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against Somerset at Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare, in the 1961 County Championship.[1] Early in his career, Lewis played as a hard-hitting opening batsman, before concentrating on his off break bowling, and dropping down the batting order.[2] In his first season, Lewis appeared seven times in first-class cricket for Glamorgan, scoring 450 runs at an average of 34.61, with three half centuries and a high score of 73 not out.[3] By his second season, he had established himself as a semi-regular in the Glamorgan side, playing twelve first-class matches in 1962, though he struggled with the bat in this season, opening the batting early in the season and later in the middle order, scoring 256 runs at a low average of 11.63, with a single half century. This dip in his batting performance also coincided with an increase in his bowling workload, with 15 wickets in 1962, at a bowling average of 30.80.[4] He took his maiden five wicket haul in this season, taking 5/97 against Cambridge University.[5]
In 1963 List A cricket was introduced to English domestic cricket, with Lewis playing in Glamorgan's first match in that format against Worcestershire in the Gillette Cup at The Gnoll, Neath.[6] Despite Glamorgan losing this match, Lewis became the first Glamorgan player to score a one-day half century, making 78.[7]
He left Glamorgan in 1966 and played for Sussex until he retired from first-class cricket at the end of the 1969 season.
He continued to play club cricket for Dafen Welfare for some years thereafter. He died after a short illness on 23 June 2014.[8]