Tamil Union Cricket Archives

Famous, forgotten players of Ceylon-Sri Lanka hockey-By Dennis de Rosayro Source:Sundayobserver There have many hockey players who represented Sri Lanka against State teams on overseas tours and although they were not classed as Internationals they were the best players picked for Ceylon and later Sri Lanka at that time. It was the time when the quality of the game and players were of paramount importance and the best always mattered. This account is the first in a two-part series of the famously illustrious players and an insight into who they were makes very interesting reading! RH William: Goal keeper who played for Police and the Government Services. In 1953 he toured Madras and Bangalore and was a stalwart of the Police team and an understudy to the great Freddie White. V. Hensman: He was a fleet-footed Left-half who played for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club during their glory years ...

Ceylon Society of Australia – SYDNEY – First General Meeting on Sunday 24th February 2019 The Meeting will commence at 6.30 pm at the Pennant Hills Community Centre, Ramsay Road, Pennant Hills, NSW 2120. Ramsay Road is off Yarrara Road and the Community Centre is opposite the Pennant Hills Railway Station. The entrance to the building is from the car park at the back of the building. Members and their Guests are welcome. This is to inform you of an unforeseen change to the programme announced for our 24 February meeting. Our scheduled speaker, His Excellency Mr Somasunderam Skandakumar, is unfortunately unable to come to Sydney due to ill health. As a consequence, Mr Thiru Arumugam, immediate past President of the CSA has kindly agreed to speak on the topic of “Deekirikevage Saradiel: the 19th century Robin Hood of Ceylon”. Please inform anyone you may know of who had planned to attend, about the change in programme. AMENDED ...