Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis (2 October 1884 – 30 January 1976) was a South African
cricket
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er who played in one
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in 1913.
After studying at
Oxford University
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, Lewis played a few first-class matches, mostly for
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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. 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
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0" in each innings and South Africa lost by an innings and 157 runs, and Lewis was not selected for any further Tests.
Lewis served in France in the First World War as a lieutenant
and was awarded the
MC and Bar before being severely wounded in the leg.
He also served as a lieutenant colonel in the Second World War,
but not in combat. He worked as a lawyer.
['']Wisden
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'' 1977, p. 1045.
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1884 births
1976 deaths
South Africa Test cricketers
South African cricketers
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Cricketers from Cape Town
H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers
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