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               Festival of Cricket UK hosted by Merchant Taylors’ School London  – By Dr. Gnana Sankaralingam –  President FOC 2013          Merchant Taylors’ school, one of the leading boys’ schools in England, was established in central London in 1561 and moved to the present location in the moor park region in 1933. It stands on 285 acres of land with 10 cricket pitches. It had the honour of staging the silver jubilee event of Festival of Cricket of Srilankan old boys’ associations in UK. One may ask the link between it and Srilanka, and the answer lies on one person; Major H.L. Reed, who was a student in Merchant Taylors’ school and principal of Royal College Colombo, who moulded his foster school along the lines of his Alma Mater. Quite fittingly, that picturesque venue was chosen to host the silver jubilee event of this prestigious Srilankan event, under ...