He was spotted by Derbyshire, who picked him up and handed him a first-class debut towards the end of the 1980 season.
Newman continued playing for Derbyshire throughout nine years and was in the victorious National Westminster Bank Trophy team in the 1981 season.
From 1990 Newman played for Norfolk in the Minor Counties Championship and made 12 appearances for them in the NatWest Trophy/C&G Trophy.
[1] Newman was a right-handed batsman and played 171 innings in 135 first-class matches with an average of 15.65 and a top score of 115.
He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 315 first-class wickets with an average of 31.25 and a best performance of 8 for 29.