By Kavinka Fernando St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 will be celebrating its quasquicentennial in March 2021. To commemorate this magnificent milestone, it was announced that former Josephian Neil Wijeratne would be leading the way in documenting its history and heritage. This was announced on the back of a press release …
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From the 12th edition of Quadrangle Magazine; Quadrangle interviewed former Captains, Players, and Principals during the 2019 Schools Big Match coverage. By Kineta Fernandez When it comes to traditional school cricketing battles in Sri Lanka, a ‘Big Match’ is more than just an ordinary cricket encounter between schools. Cricketing battles …
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From the 2nd edition of Quadrangle, 2015. Just a couple of years after its formation, St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 fielded a cricket team and defeated Royal College in the inaugural cricket match. In the same year- 1898, they also fielded a soccer team and trounced Royal College F.C and …
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BY NEIL WIJERATNE Then came the most exciting phase of the awards ceremony. The entertainment items, music, dancing and speeches came to an abrupt end. There was a pin drop silence amongst the packed house at the main hall of the BMICH, Colombo 07. The event was the Schoolboy …
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HOW MANY TIMES IT APPEARED IN THE SCORE CARD? QUADRANGLE SPECIAL BY NEIL WIJERATNE Have you ever noticed the uniqueness of score sheets of the matches played by St. Joseph’s College, Colombo 10 during the 1963 school cricket season? Forget about the astute leadership of Brian ‘Bumper’ Perumal; forget about …
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Memories of Josephian Athletics and Athletes QUADRANGLE SPECIAL BY NEIL WIJERATNE We were awaiting the arrival of those flying runners. They will outclass all other competitors, as we were told, and would bring glory to our school. Unbelievable. I had a hurried lunch, a few slices of “seeni sambol” …
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By Rohan Wijesinghe Snr (Former Josephian, Sri Lanka Under 19 and NCC opening batsman) It is with the heaviest heart that I pick up my quill to pen a few lines on the head and heart of my late skipper Gary Melder. Gary, of Dutch Burgher extraction, born to Errol …
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The Cricket Seasons of 1946 and 1947 By Algi Wijewickrema and Sujith Silva Having featured the 1957 school cricket season in the 1st Issue of QUADRANGLE we were determined to stay with school cricket for the 2nd Issue as we will be in the height of the school cricket season …
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Runs flowed in ’52 Josephians had well-oiled batting machine Played seven matches; won five; lost two…. The scorecard of St Joseph’s College cricket team of 1952 provides a classic example of the standard of school cricket in the bygone era. Results-wise it is not impressive. Nevertheless, it echoes something extraordinary. And it …
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The Pership Group of Companies, which has transformed itself into a major Sri Lankan Conglomerate with bigger global footprints is one of the pioneering Sri Lankan companies in the shipping industry with a long history that could be traced back to its humble beginning in 1889, when Ceylon (as Sri …
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