Billy Lewis was a Welsh international footballer in the late 19th Century who played as a centre forward.

He played for Bangor City

Bangor City F.C.

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 before joining Everton

Everton F.C.

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 for a brief period in the first ever season of The Football League

The Football League

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, making 3 league appearances with the Toffees in September 1888. Lewis then returned to Bangor before spells with Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

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 and Chester

Chester City F.C.

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In 1896 he moved to Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

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, and he made 13 appearances for City, scoring on 4 occasions.

Lewis gained 13 Welsh caps whilst with Chester, which remained a club record for more than 100 years. His record was broken when Angus Eve

Angus Eve

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 was capped 35 times for Trinidad & Tobago, although for 24 of these caps he was on loan away from Chester, and thus Lewis could still be argued to be the record holder.