Sri Lanka- ACUSL Secretary to England (2 June 1999)

2 June 1999

Sri Lanka: ACUSL Secretary to England

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen

The General Secretary of the Association of Cricket Umpires of Sri Lanka (ACUSL) Dickie Dunuwille Jnr. will make an official tour of England where he will have discussions with the Umpires Association of England on various aspects of umpiring and to further improve the standards.

Dunuwille Jnr. will also officiate in some matches in England at club level and also witness the World Cup which is now in progress. He will be accompanied by the Assignment Secretary Ananda Dissnayake.

Dunuwille who was elected to the post of General Secretary with an overwhelming majority hails from the hill capital. He had his early education at St. Anthony's College and later at Dharmaraja College, Kandy. He is the younger brother of late Dickie Dunuwille Snr. a demon spin bowler who played with distinction for St. Anthony's College in the late forties.

Dunuwille Jnr. started his umpiring with the Central Province Cricket Umpires Association and later with the Sri Lanka Cricket Umpires Association before the latter was amalgamated with the ACUSL. He is also a member of the Cricket Board's Umpires' panel and officiated at the prestigious Royal - Thomian match this year. Dickie Dunuwille will leave Sri Lanka on June 6 and is expected to be away for six weeks.

Source :: The Daily News