1959 All-Island Inter-school Basketball Championships : About the team, the coach and the Polka Dot Jerseys – From Doug Jones Introduction: All those featured in this historic photograph attended St Benedict’s long after my student days there. The only person I recognised in it was Bede Puvimanasingha, Prefect of Games. I had heard sketchily about the team’s sporting prowess but luckily, I was able to contact a member of the team, Cosmas Perera (now Mahagama) who is currently a resident of Los Angeles (USA) and he kindly filled me in with all that happened at that eventful encounter in Jaffna.   For the first time in the history of this competition, the finals of the 1959 All-Island Inter-school Basketball Championships was held in Jaffna when St Benedict’s College Fives met Jaffna Central. The participation of the Benedictines in this match was under a cloud due to lack of funds for ...

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