Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Samuel Lewis Barclay (7 November 1892 – 20 April 1956) was an Australian-born army officer and sportsman who played

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and was a quarter-finalist at the

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Military career

Having served as a

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in the 40th Battalion (Australia) in the First World War, he transferred to the

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in 1917 and to the

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in 1927. He retired as a

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in 1946.

Cricket

On 13 November 1926, Lewis-Barclay made his first-class debut, for Southern Punjab, against the touring

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(MCC) from England. The match was played in

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and Lewis-Barclay opened the bowling for Southern Punjab, claiming figures of 3-75, which included the wicket of the MCC captain

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. After amassing 285 runs in the first innings, the MCC dismissed Southern Punjab for just 89 and enforced the

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. Southern Punjab were eight wickets down and still trailing the MCC when Lewis-Barclay came to the crease in the second innings. He made 14 not out and managed to save the match with number 11 Barkat Ali. On 18 November he made another first-class appearance against the MCC in Lahore, this time for Northern India. He had

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player

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caught and bowled and again dismissed Gilligan, to finish with figures of 2–68 in the MCC's only innings. His other two first-class matches were played in 1928, for the

, against the

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and the Royal Navy cricket team at

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Tennis

Lewis-Barclay played his first tournament in 1914 at the Metropolitan Cricket (MCC ) Autumn Tournament at

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. In 1915 he won his title at the Tasmanian Championships at

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. In 1919 he was a finalist at the

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tournamanent in India. In 1920 he competed on the

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, where he won the prestigious Cannes Championships at the Hotel Beau Site,

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. In 1922 he won his third title at the Canford tournament at

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. The same year he won his fourth a final title at the Henley Hard Court Tennis Tournament (spring meeting) at the

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, he was also finalist at the North London Championships (Gipsy) at

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and at the All India Championships. In 1925 he was a losing finalist at the

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tournament, and also the

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. He also competed at the

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five times, in 1922, 1925, 1929, 1930 and 1931 being the last tournament he played.Tennis Archives He made the third round in 1922 but had his best performance in 1925, when he beat

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, Monty Temple, Percival Davson and Henry Mayes, to make the quarter-finals, where he lost to eventual finalist

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Death

Lewis-Barclay died 20 April 1956. He is buried at St Andrew's church,

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, north London.

References

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