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Richard Victor Lewis (born 6 August 1947) is a former English cricketer. Lewis was a right-handed batsman who bowled Leg break.
Biography
Born 6 August 1947 in Winchester, Hampshire, Lewis signed for Hampshire in 1967, making his first-class debut against Oxford University. This was Lewis' only first-class match in 1967.
In 1968 he became a regular fixture in the Hampshire team, making his County Championship debut against Somerset. He played in twelve first-class matches in 1968, scoring 349 runs at an average of average of 17.45, including a single century of 114 against Oxford University. In the 1969 season he made his List-A debut against Yorkshire.
Lewis spent nine years with Hampshire, during which he played in 103 first-class matches, including being a member of Hampshire's 1973 County Championship winning squad. He scored 3282 runs for Hampshire at an average of 18.97, with a highest score of 136. In addition Lewis made two centuries and thirteen fifties, as well as taking 65 catches. In List-A cricket Lewis played in 82 matches, scoring 1,173 runs at an average of 18.04, scoring five fifties, with a high score of 79. At the end of the 1976 County Championship he left Hampshire.
In 1977 Lewis signed for Dorset. He would go on to play 82 Minor Counties Championship matches, making his debut in 1977 against Berkshire, playing his final Minor Counties Championship match in 1989 against Shropshire. In 1978 Lewis represented the Minor Counties West in the 1978 Benson and Hedges Cup against Gloucestershire. He represented Minor Counties West three times in the competition.
In the 1979 season Lewis played a single first-class match for a Minor Counties team against the touring Indians. Also in 1979 he made three List-A appearances for the Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson and Hedges Cup.
From 1980 to 1983 Lewis represented the Minor Counties in Benson and Hedges Cup matches, making his debut against Essex in 1980 and playing his final match for them in 1983 against his old county, Hampshire. In 1981 he represented the team in his final first-class match against the touring Sri Lankans.
Lewis toured Bangladesh with the MCC in 1980–81.
In 1983 Lewis made his Dorset List-A debut in the 1983 NatWest Trophy against Essex. His final List-A match came in the same competition in 1986 against Somerset. At the end of the 1986 Minor Counties Championship season he retired from representative cricket.