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Centenary Celebrations of the Big Club Grounds at S.Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia Source: Thomians Centenary Group As part of the celebrations, the New Sports Pavilion and Refurbished Indoor Nets will be opened on the 12th March 2024…. A T20 Triangular Cricket Tournament between S. Thomas’ College, Royal College and Trinity College will be played for the Anura Tennekoon Challenge Trophy on the 12th and 13th of March at S. Thomas’ College Big Club Grounds, Mount Lavinia. This four-game competition will be played to celebrate 100 years of the Big Club Grounds and the opening of the newly-renovated cricket pavilion. Match 1 – S. Thomas’ College vs Royal College – 12th March – 9:45am Match 2 – S. Thomas’ College vs Trinity College – 12th March – 2:00pm Match 3 – Royal College vs Trinity College – 13th March – 9:45am Match 4 – Final – 2:00pm We were honored to ...

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Big matches forged many friendships off the field-By Sujith Silva Source:Quadrangle My first Royal-Thomian memory goes back to 1953 when Royal College was captained by Ubhaya de Silva; the Thomians were down I think 4 for 14 and then P.I. Peiris and Geoff Wijesinghe put on record partnership of 187 runs. The Thomians went on to win the match by an innings at the Oval. Vijaya Malalasekera and Mano Ponniah opening batting for Cambridge University team 1967 P.I. Peiris was engaged in a fifth-wicket partnership of 187 runs with Geoff Wijesinghe while PI made a fine century of 123 runs, and Wijesinghe contributed with 64 in a total of 290. In 1954, T. Nirmalingam was leading the Royalists and Ranjith (Bar) Weerasinghe led the Thomians. I remember Nirmalingam’s innings of 69 runs. When he was run out for 69, the Royal scoreboard read 70 for 1. He opened with Selvyn ...

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