Blog Archives

John De Silva: Aloysian, Sri Lankan, Australian-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis John was one of my class generation at St. Aloysius College, Galle and we represented the College in cricket, soccer, athletics and swimming. …. yes swimming …..  and were recipients of training in life-saving at the little harbour of Galle. He was “Johnny” not a “John” in our minds then. Alas, on one occasion a bad call for a run by me resulted in Johnny being run-out when he was batting well — in a match under my captaincy that we eventually lost. But in a previous year St. Aloysius had won all its matches under Mohammed Anwer’s astute captaincy and the quiet guidance of coach Marcus Jayasinghe. As John was a science student our ways parted after year 12 when I pursued an Arts degree at Peradeniya University and John took to Science in Colombo. But we met in ...