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Memories of the “Battle of the Blues” in Australia By Claud Reid Source:Thomiana Newsletter Claud reflects on the beginnings of this annual event and few memorable moments in subsequent encounters The year – 1972. The venue – Albert Park Morley Pereira proudly holds aloft the Thomian flag, created for the occasion by his Sylvia, and marches to the centre of the ground. Accompanying him is Ernie de Bruin equally proudly carrying the “Blue, Gold and Blue”. The toss of the coin in the first Royal- Thomian cricket match is about to take place. Over the years, the match moved to the matting wicket at Greythorn Park, then the turf wickets at Oakleigh, Carnegie, Bayswater and Mulgrave. In the early days the two sides were equally matched. However, with the early “retirement” of Royal players Fitzroy Crozier and Michael Wille the pendulum swung in favour of STC. Following a string of ...

Jan 27, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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SEVEN SRI LANKAN CRICKETERS WHO REPRESENTED SRI LANKA IN ANOTHER SPORT   While representing a nation in so much as one sport is a cause for profound pride, there have been players whose transcendental corporal virtuosities have helped them quixotically push the limits of mortal human abilities. The double internationals- players who represent their nations in two sports internationally- are, no wonder, a rare breed. As far as cricketers are concerned, most of the double internationals’ second sport is rugby thanks to the monopoly both rugby and cricket has over the commonwealth of nations. However, Sri Lanka’s cricketing double internationals’ second sport runs the gamut from table tennis to hockey. A notable feature among Sri Lanka’s cricketing double internationals is that most of them belong to Sri Lanka’s pre-test era. Perhaps, with cricket becoming a serious sport in the island following full ICC membership, cricketers may have hardly had any ...

Oct 1, 2021 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , , ,
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Rare Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Cricket Photos – including the Ceylon 1958 Cricket Team Mark and Patrick Mutthumani (Dr. Mutthumani’s son) opening batsmen at the Josephian-Peterite match at the Oval in 1953   Clive Inman, Mark and H.I.K. in the middle Ceylon cricket team touring India. Mark in front with blazer over shoulder (amazing that they had tuk-tuks then!!)   St. Peter’s cricket team. Mark is standing 3rd from right. H.I.K. seated in the middle. Clive standing 3rd from left.   Mark (seated in middle) captained the Colombo Commercial cricket team in 1959   ...

Dec 18, 2020 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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