| Lewis Newnham | |
| Fullname: | Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Jansenville, Cape Colony |
| Death Place: | Pretoria, South Africa |
| Club1: | Border |
| Year1: | 1903/04 |
| Club2: | Transvaal |
| Year2: | 1920/21 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 12 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 9 |
| Deliveries1: | 270 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 12.80 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/14 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/0 |
| Date: | 12 December 2020 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46576.html Cricinfo |
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]