 In 1896 he moved to Manchester City, 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 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.