Vernon Lewis (footballer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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|fullname = Vernon John Lewis

|birth_date = 22 May 1881

|birth_place = Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1941|3|25|1881|5|22}}

|death_place = Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

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|position = Left half

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|years1 = 1900–1911

|clubs1 = Ipswich Town

|caps1 = 185

|goals1 = 6

|totalcaps = 185

|totalgoals = 6

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Vernon John Lewis (22 May 1881 – 25 March 1941) was an English amateur footballer and minor counties cricketer.

Lewis was born at Woodbridge, Suffolk. He played football for Ipswich Town from 1900 to 1911, making 185 appearances and scoring six goals.{{cite web|url=http://prideofanglia.com/tmwmtt/details.php?player=VJ+Lewis |title=Player profile: AJ Vernon |publisher=www.prideofanglia.com |accessdate=2019-07-14}} This also included a spell as captain.{{cite book |title=Ipswich Town A History |first=Susan |last=Gardiner |date=2013 |publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited |pages=45 |isbn=978-1445617350 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVyoAwAAQBAJ |language=en}}

Lewis also played cricket at minor counties level for Suffolk from 1906 to 1910, making sixteen appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/217/217756/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Vernon Lewis |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-07-13}}