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Special Memories of My Skipper Duleep Mendis by Ravi Rudra     Dear Dulla, Wishing you a Very Happy 72nd  Birthday. Thank you for the Golden Memories. God Bless Ravi Rudra   Special Memories of my Skipper Duleep Mendis  In 1962 (3rd Term fixture) fresher Barney Reid in only his second 1st XI game  for STC routs St. Sebastian’s, Moratuwa, at the College grounds for mere 9  runs by taking a staggering 8 wickets for 2 runs. St. Sebastian’s first  innings began at 12 noon on the Friday and was destroyed within an hour  during our lunch interval.   Barney follows this up with another incredible haul of 8 wkts for 9 runs  against Prince of Wales, Moratuwa in the following game. With the mayhem  that happened in those couple of weeks, one would have thought, it not only  sent shivers among the cricket crazy public of Moratuwa but would have  ...

Aug 25, 2024 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Presentation at 125th Anniversary Celebrations of SSC, 28th March 2024 Held at Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo By Mevan Pieris Your Excellency, The President of Sri Lanka; President and members of the Executive Committee of the Singhalese Sports Club, Distinguished Invitees, Ladies and Gentlemen. At the very outset I wish to thank the Executive Committee of the SSC, for inviting me to write the history of the club, and to make this brief presentation. Ladies & Gentlemen, we are gathered here today to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Singhalese Sports Club, which was conceived in the womb of time on 27th March 1899, and was born about five months later. It was on 27th March 1899, that 35 Sinhalese gentlemen had gathered at Wesley College, then located at Dam Street, Pettah, in response to an advertisement which had appeared in the Ceylon Standard. The meeting was presided by D B Jayetilleke, ...

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