Euros Lewis

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.^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] He took his maiden five wicket haul in this season, taking 5/97 against Cambridge University.^[5]

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.^[6] Despite Glamorgan losing this match, Lewis became the first Glamorgan player to score a one-day half century, making 78.^[7]

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.^[8]

References

External links

• Euros Lewis at ESPNcricinfo
• Euros Lewis at CricketArchive