A hat trick and a top hat The last year of Neil Joseph I have a copy of the photograph of the 1926 Royal team given to me by my uncle (see below) which includes my Dad but I wasn’t really driven to make inquiries regarding the whereabouts of the 1927 photo, nor did my father show much interest. To me the 1926 team had Neil Joseph in it and very little else mattered. My Dad is also at the back and so I have a record of him, as well as my uncle, the captain. Standing: P.N Bartholomeusz, Major L.V. Gunaratne, Major H.L. Reid, Mr. L.H.W. Sampson, Mr. T.D. Wijesinghe, E.G.L. Lieversz. Seated: W. Ludovici, N.S. Joseph, D.W.L. Lieversz (Capt), H. Edward “Polo”.Wijetunga, H.C. Dharamaratne. Ground: Charles Harold Wilfred de Soysa (Bishop), Albert Eustace Ratnarajah “Bunnie” Paul, N. Kandiah, P.K. Ranhotty ...
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