Euros Lewis
{{Short description|Welsh cricketer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| fullname = Euros John Lewis
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1942|1|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|6|23|1942|1|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = Llanelli
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| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right-arm off break
| role =
| club1 = Sussex
| year1 = 1967–1969
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| club2 = Marylebone Cricket Club
| year2 = 1966
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| club3 = Glamorgan
| year3 = 1961–1966
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| 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
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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.
Glamorgan
Lewis made his first-class debut for Glamorgan against Somerset at Clarence Park, Weston-super-Mare, in the 1961 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4507/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Euros Lewis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 March 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/766.html|title=Profile of Euros Lewis|last=Hignell|first=Andrew|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 March 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4507/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Euros Lewis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 March 2012}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4507/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title=First-class Bowling in Each Season by Euros Lewis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 March 2012}} He took his maiden five wicket haul in this season, taking 5/97 against Cambridge University.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25397.html|title=Cambridge University v Glamorgan, 1962|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 March 2012}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4507/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Euros Lewis|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 March 2012}} Despite Glamorgan losing this match, Lewis became the first Glamorgan player to score a one-day half century, making 78.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26141.html|title=Glamorgan v Worcestershire, 1963 Gillette Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 March 2012}}
Sussex
He left Glamorgan in 1966 and played for Sussex until he retired from first-class cricket at the end of the 1969 season.
Later life
He continued to play club cricket for Dafen Welfare for some years thereafter. He died after a short illness on 23 June 2014.[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/cricket/glamorgan-pay-tribute-former-all-rounder-7320083 Glamorgan pay tribute to former all-rounder Euros Lewis] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714175814/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/cricket/glamorgan-pay-tribute-former-all-rounder-7320083 |date=14 July 2014 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16276.html Euros Lewis] at ESPNcricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4507/4507.html Euros Lewis] at CricketArchive
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Category:Cricketers from Llanelli