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ST ANTHONY’S VS ST BENEDICT’S – A proud SAINTS partnership – by Afzal Laphir The first XI encounter between St Anthony’s College Kandy (SACK) and St Benedict’s College Kotahena (SBC or Bens) is scheduled to start today at Kotahena. The visitors will be captained by Thisara Ekanayake and the hosts by Steve Arshan. The last victories at Kotahena for the two sides were registered in 2007 (SACK) and 1978 (SBC). Whilst the 2007 win was the Antonians’ last success on any venue, the Bens last win was in 2017 at Pallekelle. The first encounter on record between the two Saints schools took place on 16th October 1909 in Colombo as a “day-game”, which resulted in a 35-run win to the Bens. On a rain-affected day, the home side’s innings was destroyed by Wijegoonewardena (6/25) but the Antonians found the Pinto-Theodore bowling combination too hot to handle, falling for a paltry 48, ...

Feb 5, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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A RE-UNION OF TWO CAPTAINS     In 2017, Shanogeeth Shanmuganathan (TCK) and Mohamed Alfar (SACK) had the unique distinction of captaining their respective schools at the 100th Trinity-Antonian encounter. And, yesterday, the two came together at the annual OBA big match in Melbourne. The fairy tale continued when Shanogeeth and Alfar won the respective man-of-the-match awards. Shanogeeth, however, went one better by scoring a brilliant 74 to carry TCK to a seven-wicket victory, to add to his outstanding bowling (2/10 in 5.4 overs). On the other hand, Alfar hit a quick 28 (5 fours) and took three smart catches in the outfield in addition to bowling three tidy overs. To add to the intrigue, Shanogeeth claimed Alfar’s wicket (stumped) and Alfar returned the favour by taking the catch to dismiss his counterpart. Compiled by Afzal Laphir (Melbourne) ...

Apr 4, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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The 1st big Match in 1981 between St. Anthony’s College and Trinity in Australia – by Afzal Laphir This Sunday (28 March), we will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the annual Trinity-Antonian OBA Big Match in Melbourne. The inaugural game between the old boys of the two schools was played on Sunday, 8 March 1981 at Caufield Park (Caulfield). We defeated Trinity in a thrilling 30-over game by a mere 3 runs. Our chief guest in the 2021 contest, Jack Robertson, showed his batting prowess by top scoring with 43, before he had to retire as required by match rules. We were captained by the legendary ACM Lafir and ever-green Meri Guneratne was the vice-captain and included current members, Tony Schrader, Robin Koelmeyer, Basil Hyde and Errol Van Cuylenberg. ...

Mar 29, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged ,
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