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When Royal Toured Australia in 1936 Pat McCarthy impresses Woodful by Richard Dwight – Daily News, Saturday 14 Feb 2004 The Royal College cricket team of 1936 which toured Australia. Standing (L-R): Lucien de Zoysa, Pat McCarthy, S. Pathmanathan, W.B.V. Thiedeman, David Vollenhoven, E.F.E. de Krester, J.W. Subasinghe, D.R.R. Porritt. Seated (L-R): F.H. de Saram, Mr. L.H.W. Sampson (Principal), Ryle de Soysa (Capt.), Mr. L.V. Gooneratne (Master-in-charge), M. Sivanathan. Seated on Ground (L-R): A.I. Macan Markar, Robert de Krester. In the sphere of annual cricket encounters Royal College and S. Thomas’ College have since the series began in 1880 done exceedingly well to arrive at this point of time to notch its 125th encounter next month at the SSC grounds – a veritable landmark indeed in the annals of cricket of these two leading colleges. A sustained unbroken partnership of 125 years maintained without interruption even during the period of ...