Austin Lewis (footballer)

Austin Lewis

Personal information
Full name	Austin Lewis
Date of birth	(1870-05-26)26 May 1870
Date of death	19 September 1937(1937-09-19) (aged 67)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1897–1903	Melbourne	87 (9)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1903.
Career highlights
Melbourne premiership player 1900

Austin Lewis (26 May 1870 – 19 September 1937) was an Australian rules football player at the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He became one of the club's first premiership players, playing in the 1900 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of Dick Wardill. Herring made his debut against South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1897 VFL season, at the Lake Oval. He has been given the Melbourne Heritage Number of 7, based on the order of his debut for the club.^[1]

References

↑ "Heritage Numbers - 0 - 500". Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 18 September 2012.

Melbourne Football Club 1900 VFL premiers

Melbourne 4.10 (34) defeated Fitzroy 3.12 (30), at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground

Cumberland Gardner Geddes Hay Herring Langley Leith Lewis McClelland McGinis Moodie Parkin Purse Rippon Ryan Sholl Wardill (c) Young

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