About Lewis Newnham
Lived 1881 – 1932 (aged 51). Lewis Newnham was a cricketer.
Lewis Cyril Ashby Newnham (13 September 1881 – 20 November 1932) was a South African cricketer. He played in two first-class matches in 1903/04 and 1920/21.
Newnham was a left-handed batsman and left-arm bowler. At the age of 43 he scored 58, the highest score on either side in the two-day match, for a Pretoria side against S. B. Joel's XI, a team consisting largely of English Test cricketers, in November 1924.
Newnham was educated at Cranleigh School in England. He married Constance Vera Lofthouse in Pretoria in March 1910; they had several children.
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Who was Lewis Newnham?
South African cricketer
When was Lewis Newnham born?
Lewis Newnham was born on 13 September 1881 in Jansenville.
When did Lewis Newnham die?
Lewis Newnham died on 20 November 1932 in Pretoria.
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Lewis Newnham was a cricketer.
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