TRINITY-ANTONIAN ENCOUNTERS – A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
Additional facts:
· The 23 wins by TCK were registered in 1915, 1918 to 1928, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1951, 1986 and 2012.
· SACK won their games in 1914, 1917, 1929, 1948, 1954, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1981, 1990 and 1992.
· The encounter was not played in 1916, 1956, 1957, 2001, 2020 and 2021.
· The 1956 and 1957 games were cancelled due to a disagreement between the two schools regarding the age rule and in 2001, the encounter did not take place as Trinity terminated their season early in the year due to disciplinary reasons. The games in 2020 and 2021 were postponed and eventually cancelled due to Covid and prevailing situation in the country.
· Out of 34 outright results generated by both teams, 14 have ended in an innings win (10 by TCK and 4 by SACK).
· Interestingly, despite Trinity’s dominance in the series, the Antonians have a better record post- independence, i.e from 1948 onwards, with 8 wins to 3.
First Wins:
Asgiriya - TCK 1915 under R Ondatje
- SACK 1981 by 6 wkts under Fazal Majeed
Katugastota - TCK 1938 by 6 wkts under TB Marambe
- SACK 1948 by 151 runs under Lionel Pamunuwa
Bogambara - TCK 1919 by an innings & 27 runs under J Bandaranayake
- SACK 1914 by 42 runs under CC Senaratne
Note:
The following records are based on information extracted from the archives of both schools and from newspaper reports where available. Despite the best efforts of the author, the data is incomplete, especially from the 1914 and 1915 games where apart from the results, no other information was available.
Largest Victory Margins: by runs by wickets
Asgiriya - TCK an innings & 120 runs in 1939; 9 wkts in 1951
- SACK 6 wkts in 1981 (only win at Asgiriya) N/A
Katugastota - TCK 61 runs in 1944; 7 wkts in 1986
- SACK an innings & 90 runs in 1962; 9 wkts in 1992
Bogambara - TCK an innings & 101 runs in 1923; 9 wkts in 1927
- SACK 63 runs in 1929; 6 wkts in 1917
Narrowest Victory Margins:
Asgiriya - TCK 68 runs in 1947; 5 wkts in 1924
- SACK 6 wkts in 1981 (only win at Asgiriya)
Katugastota - TCK 61 runs in 1944; 6 wkts in 1938
- SACK 151 runs in 1948; 7 wkts in 1972
Bogambara - TCK 41 runs in 1925; 4 wkts in 1931
- SACK 42 runs in 1914; 6 wkts in 1917
Note: the victory margin of the 1915 encounter at Asgiriya was not available at the time of compiling the records and therefore not considered here.
Highest Totals
The three highest totals registered by the two schools at each venue:
Asgiriya - TCK 329 (1922); 302/8d (2012); 301/9d (1999)
- SACK 288/9d (2022); 267/7d (1961); 265/8d (1965)
Katugastota - TCK 406/8d (1942); 349 (1944); 328 (1970)
- SACK 399/8d (1954); 355/7d (1976); 337/5d (1984)
Bogambara - TCK 295 (1923); 234 (1919); 192 (1927)
- SACK 205 (1917); 172 (1929); 150 (1933);
Lowest Totals
The three lowest totals registered by the two schools at each venue:
Asgiriya - TCK 72 (1949); 96 (1961); 108 (1947)
- SACK 27 (1928); 29 (1926); 37 (1951)
Katugastota - TCK 54 (1990); 59 (1948); 77 (1968)
- SACK 82 (1938); 87 (1946); 103 (1948)
Bogambara - TCK 92 & 95 (1929); 130 (1921 & 1931)
- SACK 78 (1929); 79 (1923); 84 (1933)
Note: Pallekelle is excluded here due to a lack of games at this venue.
Individual Records:
BATTING:
Highest Score:
Asgiriya - TCK 148 Kaushalya Weeraratne (1999)
- SACK 165 Ralston Burke (1965)
Katugastota - TCK 143 TB Werapitiya (1944)
- SACK 176 ACM Lafir (1954)
Bogambara - TCK 111 LC de Mel (1923)
- SACK 73 B Dodanwela (1925)
First century:
Overall: Jack Anderson (SACK) 111 in 1918; MDD Jayawardena (TCK) 120 in 1922
at Asgiriya: Jack Anderson (SACK) 111 in 1918; MDD Jayawardena (TCK) 120 in 1922
at Katugastota: TB Werapitiya (TCK) 143 in 1944; R Stephens (SACK) 108 in 1952
at Bogambara: LC de Mel (TCK) 111 in 1923
at Pallekelle: K Uggalpaya (SACK) 108 in 2016
Twin fifties in a game:
Mahesh Gunathilake (SACK) 61 & 62* at Asgiriya (1971)
J Arambepola (TCK) 52 & 52* at Asgiriya (1979)
Marlon Von Hagt (SACK) 61 & 52 at Katugastota (1982)
Chandimal Herath (SACK) 61 & 54 at Asgiriya (2022)
Two hundreds in the Series:
TB Werapitiya (TCK) 100 (1943) and 143 (1944). Also scored 96 (1942)
Ronnie Stephens (SACK) 108 (1952) and 103 (1954)
Three or more 50+ scores in the series:
4 - Marlon Von Hagt (SACK) 61 & 52 (1982), 57 (1983), 123 (1984). Also scored 49 (1979)
3 – TB Werapitiya (TCK) 96 (1942), 100 (1943), 143 (1944)
3 - ACM Lafir (SACK) 65 (1950), 74 (1951) and 176 (1954)
3 – Mahesh Gunathileke (SACK) 76 (1970), 61 & 62* (1971)
3 – Hasitha Boyagoda (TCK) 55* (2016), 90 (2017), 72 (2018)
Note: SA Odayar (TCK), Sajith Fernando (SACK) and Tyrone de Silva (SACK) came close to being part of this group. Odayar made 48 (1927), 60 (1928) and 87 (1930). He missed out in 1929 when the Trinitians were dismissed for 95 and 92 in the two innings giving the Antonians a rare outright win in that period. On the other hand, Sajith scored 70, 46 and 55 in three consecutive games between 1990 to 1992. Tyrone made 49 (2000), 81 (2002) and 64 (2003) and he missed out in 2001 by virtue of the game being cancelled.
Centuries: (Total 30, SACK 19, TCK 11)
176 ACM Lafir (SACK) Katugastota 1954
165 Ralston Burke (SACK) Asgiriya 1965
155* Bernard Perera (SACK) Katugastota 1976
148 Premalal de Silva (SACK) Asgiriya 1973
148 Kaushalya Weeraratne (TCK) Asgiriya 1999
143 TB Werapitiya (TCK) Katugastota 1944
133* Franklyn Burke (SACK) Katugastota 1962
130 N Dambawinne (TCK) Katugastota 1978
128 C Wickremasinghe (SACK) Katugastota 2019
127 Charlie Joseph (SACK) Katugastota 1960
123 Marlon Von Hagt (SACK) Katugastota 1984
120 MDD Jayawardena (TCK) Asgiriya 1922
114 A Wickremasuriya (SACK) Katugastota 1984
114* S Wijesuriya (TCK) Katugastota 2009
111 Jack Anderson (SACK) Asgiriya 1918
111 LC de Mel (TCK) Bogambara 1923
110 L Ramanayake (TCK) Katugastota 1970
108 Ronnie Stephens (SACK) Katugastota 1952
108 K Uggalpaya (SACK) Pallekelle 2016
106^ Meryl Dunuwille (SACK) Katugastota 1970
103 Ronnie Stephens (SACK) Katugastota 1954
103 JS Ratwatte (TCK) Katugastota 1960
103 Dilshan Witharne (SACK) Katugastota 1996
101* MTM Zaruk (TCK) Katugastota 1964
100 TB Werapitiya (TCK) Asgiriya 1943
100* SW Seneviratne (SACK) Katugastota 1958
100 W Seneviratne (SACK) Katugastota 1964
100 Randy Sims (SACK) Asgiriya 1969
100* RNR de Silva (TCK) Asgiriya 1971
100* Nuwan Kalpage (SACK) Katugastota 1990
^Note: Meryl Dunuwille scored the first century on the new turf at Katugastota.
Nervous 90s:
Charlie Joseph is the only Antonian in this group of seven players who reached 90 without going on to a century. He is also the only batter to be stranded in the 90s without being dismissed.
96 TB Werapitiya (TCK) at Katugastota (1942)
95* C Joseph (SACK) at Asgiriya (1959)
93 P Maralande (TCK) at Bogambara (1919)
93 H Wanniarachich (TCK) at Katugastota (2011)
91 H Bandaranayake (TCK) at Asgiriya (1928)
90 JA de Silva (TCK) at Asgiriya (1918)
90 H Boyagoda (TCK) at Pallekelle (2017)
Most Runs:
Marlon Von Hagt has scored the most runs in the series, with 465 runs in 12 innings at an average of 38.75. ACM Lafir (396 runs in 6 games) and TB Werapitiya (350+ runs) occupy second and third slots.
BOWLING:
Best bowling figures in an innings:
Asgiriya - TCK 10/38 Sudanga Fernando (1997)
- SACK 7/92 HRJ Niyangoda (1939)
Katugastota - TCK 9/74 C Dharmalingam (1938)
- SACK 7/26 Piyal Wijetunge (1990)
Bogambara - TCK 7/44 RB Ettipola (1925)
- SACK 5/44 LV Jayaweera (1921)
Best bowling figures in a match:
Asgiriya - TCK 12/48 C Dharmalingham (1939) – 6/17 & 6/31 (hatrick in each innings)
- SACK 12/94 M Muralitharan (1991) – 6/58 & 6/36
Katugastota - TCK 10/82 GB Perera (1942) – 5/63 & 5/19
- SACK 12/81 Sajith Fernando (1992) – 6/39 & 6/52
Bogambara - TCK 9/37 B Wijewardena (1933) – 3/22 & 6/15
- SACK 8/111 LV Jayaweera (1921) – 5/44 & 3/67
Three or more 5-wicket hauls in the series:
3 – RB Ettipola (TCK) 5/34 (1922), 5/46 (1923), 7/44 (1925). Also took 4/20 (1924)
3 – C Dharmalingham (TCK) 9/74 (1938), 6/17 & 6/31 (1939)
3 – Pradeep Fernando (SACK) 5/27 (1980), 5/60 & 6/43 (1981). Also took 4/26 (1979)
3 – M Muralitharan (SACK) 6/19 (1990), 6/58 & 6/36 (1991)
Note: PR Maralande (TCK) captured 5/54 (1918), 4/27 (1919), 4/23 & 4/32 (1920) and 7/28 (1922). TOM Deen (SACK) with 4/29 (1952), 5/29 & 6/32 (1953) and 4/52 (1954) also came close to joining the group.
10-wicket match bags: (Total 10, SACK 6, TCK 4)
12/48 C Dharmalingham (TCK) 6/17 & 6/31 Asgiriya 1939
12/81 Sajith Fernando (SACK) 6/39 & 6/52 Katugastota 1992
12/94 M Muralitharan (SACK) 6/58 & 6/36 Asgiriya 1991
11/60 TOM Deen (SACK) 5/29 & 6/31 Asgiriya 1953
11/69 Sudanga Fernando (TCK) 1/31 & 10/38 Asgiriya 1997
11/103 Pradeep Fernando (SACK) 5/60 & 6/43 Asgiriya 1981
10/39 Piyal Wijetunge (SACK) 7/26 & 3/13 Katugastota 1990
10/49 Bede Perera (SACK) 4/10 & 6/39 Katugastota 1972
10/78 EWA Buultjens(TCK) 3/26 & 7/52 Asgiriya 1932
10/82 GB Perera (TCK) 5/63 & 5/19 Katugastota 1942
Most wickets:
32 PR Maralande (TCK) in 6 games at 8.40
27 Pradeep Fernando (SACK) in 4 games at 11.96
25 RB Ettipola (TCK) in 4 games
Note: C Dharmalingham (TCK) and M Muralitharan (SACK) did outstandingly well in two of the three games they were able to represent, finishing with 21 and 20 wickets respectively for the series. TOM Deen (SACK) with 21 wickets and C Shanmuganathan (TCK) with 19 wickets were also consistent wicket takers in the series.
Best all-round performances (50+ runs and 4+ wickets in an innings)
JA de Silva (TCK) 77; 4/42 Bogambara 1917
JA de Silva (TCK) 90; 3/5 & 4/27 Asgiriya 1918
PR Maralande (TCK) 93; 4/27 & 3/20 Bogambara 1919
PR Maralande (TCK) 56; 4/23 & 4/31 Asgiriya 1920
EWA Buultjens (TCK) 83; 3/16 & 7/52 Asgiriya 1932
Harry Jayasundera (SACK) 66; 4/73 Asgiriya 1932
B Wijewardena (TCK) 85 & 24*; 3/22 & 6/15 Bogambara 1933
GB Perera (TCK) 67; 5/63 & 5/19 Katugastota 1942
ACM Lafir (SACK) 74; 5/46 Asgiriya 1951
F Burke (SACK) 133*; 5/42 & 3/50 Katugastota 1962
M Joseph (SACK) 66*; 5/35 Asgiriya 1963
Shanthilal de Zilwa (SACK) 50; 7/90 Katugastota 1970
RNR de Silva (TCK) 100* & 44; 4/28 Asgiriya 1971
Bernard Perera (SACK) 54*; 4/31 Katugastota 1974
Sajith Fernando (SACK) 55; 6/39 & 6/52 Katugastota 1992
M Palihakkara (SACK) 69; 4/77 & 4/47 Katugastota 1998
Kaushalya Weeraratne (TCK) 68; 4/50 & 3/40 Katugastota 2000
Tyrone de Silva (SACK) 64; 5/75 Katugastota 2003
J Premasinghe (TCK) 61; 2/40 & 4/45 Asgiriya 2012
Notes:
· Antonian Franklyn Burke is the only player in the history of Trinity-Antonian encounters to have scored a century and captured a 5-wicket haul in the same match.
· EWA Buultjens (TCK), GB Perera (TCK) and Sajith Fernando (SACK) had the distinction of scoring a half-century and capturing a match bag of 10-wickets in the same game.
· Trinitian PR Maralande (261 runs and 32 wickets in 6 games) has the best record as an all-rounder in the series.
Played in most games:
6 PR Maralande (TCK) 1917 to 1922
6 ACM Lafir (SACK) 1950 to 1955
6 Marlon Von Hagt (SACK) 1979 to 1984
6 Sachith Pathirana (TCK) 2003 to 2008
5 Harry Jayasundera (SACK) 1929 to 1933
5 Premalal de Silva (SACK) 1969 to 1973
Highest Partnerships:
266 1st wkt ACM Lafir (176), R Stephens (103) SACK Katugastota 1954
188 4th wkt J Udukumbure (76), R Burke (165) SACK Asgiriya 1965
178 1st wkt M Von Hagt (123), A Wickremasuriya (114) SACK Katugastota 1984
157 2nd wkt H Boyagoda (90), S Shanmuganathan (83) TCK Pallekelle 2017
152* 1st wkt HM Muthalib (81*), T Thalakada (69*) SACK Katugastota 1960
151 4th wkt RNR de Silva (100*), L Ramanayake (79) TCK Asgiriya 1971
140 3rd wkt E Buultjens (83), S Wijewardena (80) TCK Asgiriya 1932
134 2nd wkt S Fernando (70), N Kalpage (100*) SACK Katugastota 1990
130 4th wkt N Dambawinne (130), M Thahir (70) TCK Katugastota 1978
120 1st wkt F Sirimanne (79), S Pilapitiya (49) TCK Katugastota 1946
119 1st wkt M Dunuwille (80), S Gunathileke (59) SACK Katugastota 1972
118 3rd wkt MDD Jayawardena (120), R Gibson (59) TCK Asgiriya 1922
114 3rd wkt P de Silva (148), S Gunathileke (35*) SACK Asgiriya 1973
112 2nd wkt P de Silva (148), N Malagamuwa (33) SACK Asgiriya 1973
111 1st wkt S Jayasinghe (85), D Ratwatte (48) TCK Asgiriya 1989
107 2nd wkt K Sangakkara (73), V Wijesiri (33) TCK Katugastota 1996
106 3rd wkt ACM Lafir(65), S Jayasinghe (68) SACK Katugastota 1950
102 1st wkt W Munasinghe (66), D Gangoda (44) TCK Asgiriya 2007
102 1st wkt R Wickremapala (73), K Jayaratne (22) SACK Katugastota 1998
100 2nd wkt M Von Hagt (61), A Dunuwille (57) SACK Katugastota 1982
