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BURGHERS IN KANDY AND AT KINGSWOOD COLLEGE-by HM NISSANKA WARAKAULLE Kingswood College Image Source:Island Source:Island Kandy had its good share of Burghers, some of whom did very well in their studies and later in their professions. Most of them were well-known and shone in their respective professions. In the medical field there were a few good doctors doing private practice with each of them having a good practice. The two foremost doctors were Drs. Anthonisz and Winn with their dispensary on Pavilion Street, with Mrs. McGill being their matron. Dr. Frewin too had his dispensary on the same street. Later Dr. Roy Peterson set up his dispensary on Peradeniya Road, near Girls’ High School. All these doctors enjoyed a good practice. ...

Jan 14, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged
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Rs. 800 ticket for schoolboy match Source:Sundayobserver School rugby followers could be in for a rude shock this season with ticket prices shooting up alarmingly. In one of the opening matches on Friday, the lowest tickets were priced at Rs. 800 at Havelock Park where St. Joseph’s College hosted Kingswood College. Asked why the price of tickets for a school match was high compared to previous years, an official of the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association said it was beyond their control. The schools rugby season, one of the most looked forward to events, commenced after a lapse of two years. ...

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Sam Samarasekera, tough tackler with a repute-by Hafiz Marikar Seevali ‘Sam’ Samarasekera is a former center-three-quarter who played as a top class player in the late 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. Sam began his rugby career as a schoolboy playing for l Trinity College. He first played for the school under 15 team under the coaching of Asoka Weerasinghe and later played for under 17 team. Popularly known as ‘Sam’ he was well known for his good tackling and ball handling. He first played for the school in 1968 under the captaincy of Ajith Abeyarthne and that year won rugby colors. In 1969 Trinity captain Shafie and Sam booth were invited to play for Kandy Sports Club in the knockouts as school boys under the captaincy of Denzil Kobbekkduwa, who was their coach at Trinity College. ...

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“Harindra” Dunuwille, a versatile Trinitian-By Hafiz Marikar Tikiribanda Harindranatha “Harindra” Dunuwille was a top class cricketer, who played for Trinity College and captained the side in 1966. He played as a right handed batsmen and semi regular spin bowler and had his first taste of top class cricket as a slip fieldsmen, he was famous as a slip fielder for diving catches . He was a member of the Central Province school team and has played for the Law College team. At club level he played for Kandy Cricket Club, OTSC and Central Province. He led the Central Province schools team and was Combined Schools vice captain. Harendra as he was known to many people was one of the finest cricketers to come out of Trinity College in the mid 1960s. He started his cricket at the age of nine and played in the Under-12 team and was selected to ...

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Kingswood going great guns in rugby – By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Kingswood College, Kandy, the first school in the country to play rugger,then known as Kandy Boy’s High School, took to the game due to the efforts of a Trinitian L.E. Blaze , the founder principal of the school in 1891 Subsequently the interest for rugby increased in popularity the first rugger fixture was between Trinity College and Kingswood on 11th day of August 1906 at Bogambara Grounds, and resulted in an exciting 6 all draw. This was the first-ever inter-school rugby game to be played in the country. After a few years after this game Kingswood gave up the game, because of a player dying on the field.,The game was reintroduced to the school in 1965 with an Under 17 team. , so the game went on and in the 1980’s, during the coaching of Z.M. Zarook a product ...

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Kingswood going great guns in rugby-by By Hafiz Marikar Source:Dailynews Kingswood College, Kandy, the first school in the country to play rugger,then known as Kandy Boy’s High School, took to the game due to the efforts of a Trinitian L.E. Blaze , the founder principal of the school in 1891 Subsequently the interest for rugby increased in popularity the first rugger fixture was between Trinity College and Kingswood on 11th day of August 1906 at Bogambara Grounds, and resulted in an exciting 6 all draw. This was the first-ever inter-school rugby game to be played in the country. After a few years after this game Kingswood gave up the game, because of a player dying on the field.,The game was reintroduced to the school in 1965 with an Under 17 team. , so the game went on and in the 1980’s, during the coaching of Z.M. Zarook a product of ...

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N. K. Ratnayake-cricketer, athlete and tennis coach-by Upananda Jayasundera Source:Dailynews N.K.Ratnayake, an old boy of Dharmaraja College,Kandy is a fine cricketer, Athlete and a veteran Tennis coach and was the youngest President of the Old Boys Union of Dharmaraja College, Kandy. Popularly known as Tissa Ratnayake to his associates. He is a cricketer with a lot of stamina as he used to bowl for a long spell as a medium pace bowler representing his Alma Mater at all times. He played under the writer at the victorious ‘Big Match’ of Dharmaraja College against Kingswood College, in the year 1965 by capturing a match bag of  six wickets for his school. He  used to swing the ball both ways. As an Athlete he won the Javelin Throw in School and District level.    ...

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Debahapuwa piloted Antonians to victory in 1968 Big Match-by Upananda Jayasundera Source:Daily News Gamini Debahapuwa , a versatile cricketer and a knowledgeable coach from Central Province has produced many National Level players and he is trying his level best to train his students whatever he has learnt about the game from his alma mater, St.Anthony’s College,Kandy and Sri Lanka Air Force. Gamini Debahapuwa started his cricket career when he was schooling at St.Anthony’s in the year 1968 under Randy Simms and he helped his School to beat Trinity College,Kandy in their ‘Big Match’ after 14 years claiming a Match Bag of 7 for 38 (6 for 21 & 1 for 17) He was awarded the Best Bowlers as well as Best Fielders prizes at this Match. After leaving School he was selected for the Central Province Cricket team under the captaincy of Sarath Wickremaratne and they played against a Malaysian ...

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We kick off a historical journey of Lanka’s school rugby through the ages-by By Lohit Ranasinghe and Sujith Silva Source:Quadrangle The secret’s out …. Did you know that the first school rugby team was formed as far back as 1891? From that year, the game has developed a rich history, with great contests and all the traditions of key inter-school encounters. Quadrangle writers Lohit Ranasinghe and Sujith Silva spent countless hours, poring over historical records and newspaper clippings to bring you this special report and exclusive statistics on the birth and exciting growth of school rugby. The commencement of schools rugby Kingswood College, Kandy, has the honour of being the first to introduce rugby to school. The following is a list of the schools playing rugby and the year in which they started playing the game.   ...

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