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Shakib has Sullied the Spirit of Cricket – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis In my experience from the late 1960s  Errol Fernando of Trinity College & Peradeniya University was the fairest of men and one possessing considerable acumen (besides virtuoso fingers at organ and piano) …… Errol Fernando to Lawrence Heyn, 6 November 2023 Dear Lawrence, Am I allowed to say that the ONLY game that has this thing called ‘Spirit’ is CRICKET?  May I add that all other games merely have ‘rules’ but no spirit. Is there a spirit of rugby, golf, football, tennis  –  even gudu or marbles ? Cricket has rules, of course, but what makes cricket the ‘greatest’ of games is that spirit that is far more important than rules. Anyone who disagrees with this should not be playing cricket. Alex Carey infamously  abused the spirit at Lord’s. I am more than happy to say that Carey should not be ...

Nov 7, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , , ,
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Edgbaston. What A Match! Errol’s Armchair Pleasures-by Michael Roberts Source:thuppahis Email Commendation from Errol Fernando in Melbourne, 21 June 2023 Bravo, Captain Pat Cummins! No words of praise are adequate to describe  how Captain Pat, in that final hour, turned certain defeat into victory. And he did it with lots and lots of smiles!  It was good to hear Cummins, in his post-match interview,  acknowledge the crucial support of warrior Nathan Lyon. He also stated that the most important contribution in the  match was made by Usman Khawaja. Best of all, he was gracious and modest in victory. When asked whether this was the ‘Number One’ Test of his whole career he immediately agreed that it was. Obviously he had forgotten the Test match 12 years ago at the Wanderers in Johannesburg  when he made his  debut as a lad of 18   –   the second youngest Australian Test player after Ian Craig.  In that ...

Jun 21, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , ,
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  Trinity v ACM Lafir in the 1950s Commemorating 100 years of Trinity v St Anthony’s cricket by Errol Fernando  Dr Lakshman Karaliadde a British Sri Lankan doctor gave the Dr BS Perera memorial oration on the invitation of the Anesthesiologists and Intensivits of SL in 2010. He wanted some of his Trinity College and Kandy friends to attend. He rang me from his home in Kandy to invite me for the oration and asked me to let him know who of my Trinitian friends I was in contact with, in order to invite them too. I mentioned YU Chang and Gamini Fernando, old school friends, mean rugby players and inveterate Marine Drive (Colombo Plan ‘Gota’s Road) early morning walkers. They had already been invited. I could not recall any others. To be helpful, I told him that I meet ACM Laffir who was for his sins an Old Anthonian. ...

May 24, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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The Melbourne TCK OBA – By Errol Fernando Writing about the early years of the Melbourne TCK OBA takes me back to a gathering in 1975 to bid farewell to former principal Mr. Norman Walter. He was about to return to England after spending a few months in Melbourne with his son Martin, himself a former Trinitian. While he was here he did some teaching at Melbourne Grammar School. This was our very first gathering of Trinitians, their wives and partners, and I was amazed to find that there were so many Trinitians in Melbourne. I was particularly delighted to meet “legends” such as Mr. Hilary Abeyaratne, Mr. Harry Geddes, Mr. Philip Buultjens and Dr. Percy de Zilwa. May I also acknowledge that over the years the wives and partners of Trinitians were invaluable and indispensable to our organisation and made an immense contribution to our O.B.A. My lasting memory ...

Oct 10, 2021 Posted by In Articles, Errol Fernando Tagged , , ,
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