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.
He 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.
Lewis played as an amateur, and was selected three times to keep wicket for the Gentlemen against the Players.
References[edit]
- ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Esmond Lewis
- ^ Wisden 1984, p. 1203.