Tony Lewis
Cricket Player
1938 –
Who is Tony Lewis?
Anthony Robert Lewis CBE is a former Welsh cricketer, who went on to become the face of BBC Television cricket coverage in the 1990s, and become president of the MCC.
Lewis was born in Swansea, and attended Christ's College, Cambridge, where he graduated as BA and later MA, and also played rugby football and cricket for Cambridge University. He played county cricket for Glamorgan, and is the only Glamorgan cricketer to captain England. He led the 1972-73 MCC tour of India, Ceylon and Pakistan, playing for England in all eight Test matches. In 2011 he became the 31st Honorary Life Vice-President of MCC to be nominated by the Club.
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- Born
- Jul 6, 1938
Swansea - Nationality
- England
- Wales
- Education
- Christ's College, Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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