Lives in Cricket No 11 - CP Lewis

wickets in the match by William Sweet-Escott. 35 Of Lewis’ contribution, the Press reported that ‘the Champion Cricketer of South Wales [hence the sub-title of this book] took his threes and fours as plentifully as blackberries’. The following year, playing for Llandovery against Swansea, Lewis scored 29 whilst batting at number three, but got no wickets. Billy Bancroft – the son of C.P.’s former coach, and Glamorgan’s first homegrown professional – went on to score 81 for Swansea. Against Llanelli, Lewis top-scored with 26 out of 71 and took four for 16, but Llanelli still won by 34 runs. By 1897, our eccentric cleric Chapman and his brother Frank had both left Llandovery. Lewis and D.T.M.Jones opened the batting against Llanelli in May. In a return match he batted at number six and scored 24 out of just 62 in another defeat. Against Swansea it was 21 out of 63, though there were three wickets when he opened 98 Sporting Solicitor A reunion. The South Wales C.C. side which played Glamorgan at St. Helen’s, Swansea in June 1895. C.P. is sitting second from the right. 35 It had been hoped that both W.G. and E.M.Grace would re-appear for their old club but, on the day, neither appeared.