Plum Lewis

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1884–1976)}}

{{other people|Percy Lewis}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Plum Lewis

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Percy Tyson Lewis

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|10|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cape Town, Cape Colony

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|1|30|1884|10|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Durban, Natal, South Africa

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| 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.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9180.html Western Province v MCC 1913-14] 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,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9189.html South Africa v England, Durban 1913-14] and Lewis was not selected for any further Tests.

Lewis served in France in the First World War as a lieutenant{{cite web |url=https://58fab.com/personnel |title=Personnel 58th Brigade RFA }} and was awarded the MC and Bar before being severely wounded in the leg.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149111.html |title=Australia's Karachi heartbreak |accessdate=4 October 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He also served as a lieutenant colonel in the Second World War,{{cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35908/supplement/858/data.pdf |title=London Gazette}} although not in combat,The Cricketer, April 1976, p. 73. for which he was awarded an OBE.The London Gazette, 18 February 1943, p. 858. He worked as a lawyer.Wisden 1977, p. 1045.