| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Edward Lewis | |||
| Born | 20 January 1877 Bedminster, Somerset, England |
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| Died | 22 February 1956 (aged 79) Southmead, Bristol, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | |||
| Role | All-rounder | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1899–1914 | Somerset | |||
| First-class debut | 11 May 1899 Somerset v Yorkshire | |||
| Last First-class | 13 August 1914 Somerset v Worcestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 210 | |||
| Runs scored | 7745 | |||
| Batting average | 21.45 | |||
| 100s/50s | 9/32 | |||
| Top score | 201* | |||
| Balls bowled | 25615 | |||
| Wickets | 522 | |||
| Bowling average | 23.19 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 39 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 5 | |||
| Best bowling | 8/103 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 107/– | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2009 | ||||
Albert Edward Lewis (20 January 1877 – 22 February 1956), known as "Talbot Lewis", was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset between 1899 and 1912.[1] He reappeared for Somerset in one match after the start of the First World War in August 1914, although he played under an assumed name, A. Key.[2]
An allrounder, Lewis was a middle to lower order batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. He scored 9 first-class hundreds, his highest was an unbeaten 201 against Kent in 1909 after he'd made a duck in his first innings. Somerset followed on and Lewis's innings earned them a draw. With the ball he took over 500 wickets for Somerset and took his best innings bowling figures of 8 for 103 against Warwickshire in 1908, finishing the match with 14 wickets.
Lewis also played professional football, with Bristol City, Everton, Sunderland and Luton Town.[3]