Thomas Courtney Lewis (date of birth unknown – 1 June 1882) was an English

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er. Lewis'

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and

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styles are unknown. He was christened at

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on 2 March 1816. Lewis made his first-class debut for the Gentlemen in the

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fixture of 1837 at

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, where he batted last in the Gentlemen's first-innings and was dismissed for a

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, while in their second-innings he was absent hurt. Lewis later made a second first-class appearance nearly a decade later in 1846 for the

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against the

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. Opening the batting with J. Spenceley in the Surrey Club's first-innings, he was dismissed for 4 runs,

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by William Nicholson off the bowling of

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. He followed this up in the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings by taking four wickets, the most by any Surrey Club bowler in that innings. Batting at number eight in their second-innings, Lewis was dismissed for a duck by Hillyer. He died at

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on 1 June 1882.

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