Full Name

Fairlie George Dalpathado

Born

August 17, 1924, Chilaw

Died

January 06, 2010, Kirillapone, (aged 85y 142d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

TEAMS

As a player, Fairlie Dalpathado excelled for St Joseph's College, Sinhalese Sports Club and then All-Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known as). He dominated in a post-war era where cricketers of his caliber were hard to come by. Dalpathado is best remembered for leading the unbeaten St Joseph's side against a Combined Schools team led by Vernon Prins of St Thomas', which included eight captains and nine centurions, in 1943. In this historic encounter Dalpathado contributed 59 with the bat and then bundled out the strong Combined Schools side for a mere 35, capturing 6 for 17 with his right-arm fast-medium deliveries.

Dalpathado moved to SSC to display his all-round skills and in 1949 made his debut for Ceylon under the captaincy of Derrick de Saram against a West Indian side led by John Goddard. He also represented his country under the leadership of Malcolm Spittel against Freddie Brown's Englishmen and toured Pakistan with the Ceylon team led by Sargo Jayawickrama in the 1950s. He was at the time regarded as the leading allrounder in Sri Lanka.
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Fairlie Dalpathado Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC35048349.600010

Bowling

FormatMatRunsWktsBBIAve5w10w
FC320031/3766.6600

Debut/Last Matches of Fairlie Dalpathado

FC Matches

Span
1948/49 - 1949/50