Ryle De Soysa
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Full Name
Gahmini Ryle Johannes De Soysa
Born
June 21, 1917, Colombo
Died
January 13, 2002, Colombo, (aged 84y 206d)
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak Googly
Wisden Obituary
De Soysa, Gahmini Ryle Johannes, who died in Colombo on January 13, 2002,
aged 84, was born into a celebrated Ceylonese family whose benefactions include the
land on which the Moratuwa Stadium was built. Ryle de Soysa captained Royal College
of Colombo on their five-game visit to Australia in 1936, the first time a schools side
had left Ceylon's shores, and was singled out by the former Australian captain Bill
Woodfull, headmaster of Melbourne Grammar, for his all-round ability. But by the
time he hit 100 in the 1938 Oxford Seniors' Match, there was little sign of his legbreaks
and googlies. Much more in evidence was Frank Woolley's influence on his
left-handed batting, particularly in his late cuts and the full flow of his driving. Hedley
Verity picked him off for nought and two on his first-class debut, but he was given
three more games that term and his half-century helped avoid defeat by Leicestershire.
Next year he made 67 against Minor Counties, his highest first-class score. Innings of
112 in the final Oxford trial of 1940, and an unbeaten 80 against a British Empire
XII, afforded a taste of what de Soysa might have gone on to in happier circumstances.
There was talk of an unofficial University Match at Fenner's, but nothing came of it.
Back home in Ceylon he coached the Royal XI for several years and in 1945 opened
for Ceylon against Vijay Merchant's Indian tourists, scoring 38 and 18 and taking his
aggregate from eight first-class games to 314 runs at 20.93. His two first-class wickets,
for 15 runs, were taken against Jamaica for the Oxford and Cambridge side that went
there in 1938. De Soysa became president of Sinhalese Sports Club in 1997, but
declining health forced him to stand down the following year.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2003
Ryle De Soysa Career Stats
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 8 | 16 | 1 | 314 | 67 | 20.93 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
Format | Mat | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FC | 8 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 2/15 | 7.50 | 3.75 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 |