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The Battle of the Blues is an annual Big Match in Sri Lanka played between Royal College, Colombo and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia since 1879. It is known as The Battle of the Blues due to the colours of the two school's flags i.e. blue, gold and blue of Royal College and blue, black and blue of S. Thomas' College.
Anura Tennekoon is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He was educated at the S. Thomas' College in Mount Lavinia.
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Michael Hugh Tissera is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia is a fee-levying Anglican selective entry boys' private school in Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by James Chapman, the first Anglican Bishop of Colombo, in 1851, it was founded as a college and cathedral for the new Diocese of Colombo of the Church of Ceylon, modelled on British Public school tradition. An old boy of Eton College, Bishop Chapman founded the college on the Etonian model, the school's motto of Esto perpetua being derived from that of Eton College.
Gehan Dixon Mendis is a former cricketer who was an opening batsman for Sussex and Lancashire between 1974 and 1993. He was part of the Lancashire team that won the 1990 Benson & Hedges Cup and 1990 NatWest Trophy. Mendis scored over 21,000 runs in his first-class career.
This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1979 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1979 to 23 June 1979. The oldest player at the 1979 Cricket World Cup was Garnet Brisbane (40) of Canada while the youngest player was Sudath Pasqual (17) of Sri Lanka.
Gamini Goonesena, born in Colombo, was a first-class cricketer from Ceylon who played prior to his country being granted Test status. A gifted allrounder who was a right-handed batsman and a legbreak and googly bowler, he played first class cricket over a 19-year timespan, 1949–1968, representing 14 different teams.
Pasqual is the Catalan equivalent of the Spanish given name Pascual, and a Venetian variant of Italian given name Pasquale. Pasqual is also a surname found in Spain and in Italy.
Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started by Rev. Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in January 1836, as part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Colebrooke Cameron Commission (1833), and was the first government-run secondary school for boys in the island.
G. Tissa Kapukotuwa was a Ceylonese politician. He was elected to the Parliament of Ceylon in 1960 in the general election from the Teldeniya electorate.
Eldenia Medagedara Dilshan yasika Munaweera, commonly known as Dilshan Munaweera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played limited over formats for the national side. He is a member of 2012 ICC World Twenty20 for Sri Lanka. He is a right-handed batsman, who can hit very hard and a handy off break bowler.
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Shantha Dhammika A. Jayasekera is a former international cricketer who represented the Canadian national team between 1994 and 2004. He played as a right-handed middle-order batsman.
Bertram W. R. Thomas is a former cricketer who played for Ceylon in the 1960s.
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Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhist monk who founded the first Sri Lankan Buddhist media network and the television channel, The Buddhist. He served as the chief incumbent of the Colombo Sri Sambodhi Viharaya and the Sambodhi Community Development Foundation in London. He died on 3 March 2018 at the age of 54.
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