Plum Lewis Explained

Plum Lewis
Fullname:Percy Tyson Lewis
Birth Date:2 October 1884
Birth Place:Cape Town, Cape Colony
Death Place:Durban, Natal, South Africa
Batting:Right-handed
Columns:2
Column1:Test
Matches1:1
Runs1:0
Bat Avg1:0.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:0
Hidedeliveries:true
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Column2:First-class
Matches2:12
Runs2:507
Bat Avg2:26.68
100S/50S2:1/3
Top Score2:151
Catches/Stumpings2:7/–
International:true
Country:South Africa
Testdebutagainst:England
Testdebutdate:13 December
Testdebutyear:1913
Onetest:true
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/plum-lewis-45980 Cricinfo
Date:14 November
Year:2022

Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis (2 October 1884 – 30 January 1976) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1913.

After studying at Oxford University, Lewis played a few first-class matches, mostly for Western Province beginning in 1907–08. He made 151 in 185 minutes for Western Province against the MCC in the first match of the MCC's tour in 1913–14.[1] He was unsuccessful in the match for Cape Province against the MCC two weeks later, but was still selected for the First Test. He was "c Woolley b Barnes 0" in each innings and South Africa lost by an innings and 157 runs,[2] and Lewis was not selected for any further Tests.

Lewis served in France in the First World War as a lieutenant[3] and was awarded the MC and Bar before being severely wounded in the leg.[4] He also served as a lieutenant colonel in the Second World War,[5] although not in combat,[6] for which he was awarded an OBE.[7] He worked as a lawyer.[8]

Notes and References

  1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9180.html Western Province v MCC 1913-14
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9189.html South Africa v England, Durban 1913-14
  3. Web site: Personnel 58th Brigade RFA .
  4. Web site: Australia's Karachi heartbreak . 4 October 2017 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  5. Web site: London Gazette.
  6. The Cricketer, April 1976, p. 73.
  7. The London Gazette, 18 February 1943, p. 858.
  8. Wisden 1977, p. 1045.