Cricket History of Wesley College Sri Lanka
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Principal's prize day report mentioned that permission had been granted to use Price Park Pettah for cricket practice | ||
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Wesley 1st XI met Royal College 'A' team on the 3rd of March (including some masters). This is the first recorded cricket match by Wesley College. | ||
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Wesley met Royal on equal terms. Students
only match which Royal won and went on to beat inexperience Wesleyites for three more years. |
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Cricketer
R.F. Honter became the
first Wesleyite to earn an English University
scholarship. He obtained M.A.( History) Cambridge University and subsequently appointed Director of public education in the British colony of Sierra Leone. |
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Wesley beat Royal and did so for the next three years. Emergence of the most graceful batsman in Ceylon cricket - C. E. Perera in the Wesley team. | ||
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C.E. Perera elected captain combined colleges XI
against Colts C.C.,the strongest Ceylonese combination at the time.
Combined colleges lost by one run on the first innings. (195 to 196) |
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Victory by an all Sinhalese schoolboy cricket team lead to the
formation of the Sinhalese Sports Club on
the 28th of March. The convenor of the meeting to form the SSC was the old Wesleyite cricketer H.J.V.I. Ekanayake. Inaugural meeting was held at Wesley College in Dam Street Pettah. D.B. Jayatilleke who was later knighted by King George V in 1932 presided the meeting. M. Mohamed was in the Wesley team, who was later Sir Mohamed Macan Marker and became the minister of communications. |
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Wesley's proudest product C.E. Perera passed away
on February 2nd. He was elected to captain of SSC at the annual general meeting a month prior to his death and never got the opportunity to lead the team. |
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The golden age of Wesley Cricket.
Royal were beaten for five years. Wesley produced some fine cricketers during this period, mainly left hand bowlers and batsman.T. Sathasivam, R.E.S. Mendis, F.W. Dias, S. Gunasekera, D.M. Rupasinghe, E.J. Melder and C.A. Perera (all left handers, batting and bowling ). |
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Wesley was one of the seven 'A' division colleges in the
first ever
public schools cricket association in Ceylon. |
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Surry cricketer W.C. Razor Smith appointed for special coaching of the team. | ||
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Wesley Produced their best cricket teams since 1905 -1910 period under coach Mr. John Halangoda. | ||
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Principal
Mr. P. H. Nonis purchased the Tamil Union C&A
Pavillion at Campbell Park. It was declared open by Hon G.L.S. Corea, an old boy, then Minister of labour, industries and commerce. |
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College cricket activities abandoned due to world war II . | ||
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Revival of Wesley cricket. Good performance under the captaincy of Edmund Dissanayake. | ||
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Keith Miller of the Australian Services team visited Wesley. | ||
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 1948 |
First Inter School cricket matches at Campbell
Park since 1942. Rev. James Cartman became the first President of Ceylon schools cricket association and a member of the first Board of control for cricket in Ceylon. |
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1949 |
West Indian test cricketers Everton Weeks and Clyde Walcott visited Wesley College. | ||
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1952-53 |
Wesley team led by brothers Radly and Brian
Claessen were unofficial champions. Bryan Claessen was picked to represent Ceylon as a schoolboy. M.N. Samsudeen was picked to play for C.C.A team. |
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1956 |
Lou Adhihetty scored total of four centuries to equal Bryan Claessen's record. | ||
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1962 |
Wesley under the captaincy of L.C.R. Wijesinghe
won the largest number of victories in a season. Won six matches ,five of them in succession. Kenneth de Silva was selected as runner up "schoolboy cricketer of the year". |
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1963 |
Wesley won the inaugural Lifebuoy shield
for the best team under the captaincy of
M. Muthuvaloe. Darryl Maye was selected as the "schoolboy cricketer of the year". |
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1969 |
Wesley won the Lifebuoy shield for the best team under the captaincy of A. Rajaratnam. | ||
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1971 |
T. Jansz and D.Achilles were selected for combined colleges. | ||
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1976 |
Wesley U12 Div II champions under the
captaincy of S. Wijayasinghe. Coached by
Mr. N.S.W. De Silva. |
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1977 |
D. de Alwis broke the batting record against st. Peters - 190 runs | ||
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1978 |
Cricketer
S. Rajendra was voted as the most popular
schoolboy cricketer of the year. Excellent all round performances from D. Jayasekera. Wesley U15 team led by A. Hamidon and coached by Mr. N.S.W. De Silva won the Div II championship. |
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1980 |
Left arm spinner Chithral de Silva was selected as second best bowler in school cricket. | ||
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1981 |
Navin de Silva was adjudged the
best schools' captain and the
best all rounder. He captained the first ever Sri Lanka schools' cricket tour to England. Sri Lanka became a test playing nation. |
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1983 |
S.Wijayasinghe represented Colombo schools
vs. outstation schools XI. Wesley U17 DivII champions under M.Dissanayake. Coached by Mr. M. Muthuvaloe. |
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1984 |
M. Dissanayake became the youngest ever cricket captain. | ||
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1985 |
Wesley won the "Bata
- Observer" award for
the best school team under the captaincy of
M. Ganesh. M.Dissanayake was picked for Sri Lanka schools. |
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1989 |
D. Dissanayake
was selected as the best all round cricketer
in schools and runner up "schoolboy cricketer of the year" |
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1991 |
First cricket match
was played on the new turf at Campbell
Park. 'Past' vs. 'Present'. R. David was selected to play for combined schools. |
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1998 |
D. Jayakody scored eight centuries for Wesley. | ||
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1999 |
F. Maharoof was selected to captain Sri Lanka schools U17 team. | ||
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2001 |
Anderio Toussaint was selected as the "most popular schoolboy cricketer of the year." | ||
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2002 |
F. Maharoof was
selected for the Sri Lanka schools team. He
broke the school batting record 240no vs. Richmond at Galle. |
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2003 |
"Wesley Cricket" website was launched on
the 3rd of March to
celebrate 110 years of cricket at Wesley.  |
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