The Big Match By Anura Gunasekera Source:Thomiana Newsletter Obviously, I am writing about the Royal –Thomian as that was the first and, in my view- quite likely to be shared by many others of the Royal -Thomian tribethe only one which merits the title. I do not think it necessary to apologize to our many friends from other schools for this seemingly arrogant assumption. They would be sensible enough to understand accept reality. A couple of years ago I contributed a short article titled, “ A Hallowed Event”, to the Dilmah, History of Ceylon Tea website. The writing was built around a request for leave from Gamini Salgado, then a young SD ( Assistant manager) on Houpe Estate, Kahawatte, trying to obtain his release for the Royal-Thomian weekend. His British PD, Ian Tait, brusquely denied the request and Salgado missed the match for the first time in twelve years. The ...
Jan 27, 2022
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