Lewis was born in Maseru in what is now Lesotho (previously part of the British colony of Basutoland).
[2] Lewis made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Surrey at The Oval in the 1929 County Championship.
[3] Opening the batting alongside George Brown in Hampshire's first and only innings, he was dismissed for 20 runs by Alan Peach.
[6] He was described by Wisden as being a "cross-bat hitter with a wonderful eye and a magnificent cover-point".
[6] Lewis married Mary Perceval Newhouse, the daughter of a clergyman, in August 1930.