Sri Lanka: Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year (31 January 1999)
Voting in the Observer-Bata Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and Most Popular Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year has got off to a slow start, but from inquiries that have been made by followers of school cricket, indications are
31-Jan-1999
31 January 1999
Sri Lanka: Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year
The Daily News
Upeka and Dushantha in the lead
Voting in the Observer-Bata Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the
Year and Most Popular Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year has
got off to a slow start, but from inquiries that have been made by
followers of school cricket, indications are that the voting will
pick up in the coming weeks.
Thomian Upeka Fernando and Raddoluwa MV's Dushantha Ranatunga are the
first week's leaders in the Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer and Most
Popular Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year respectively.
Fernando has 27 votes, three more than Royalist skipper Thusan
Amerasuriya who has 24, while another Thomian Gihan Fernando is third
with 23 votes.
In the Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year, Dushantha
Ranatunga leads with 18 votes, with I. Muthalib of Maris Stella
second with 12 votes and D. M. Sampath third with 10 votes.
Coupon No. 1
1. Upeka Fernando (S. Thomas' College) 27
2. Thusan Amerasuriya (Royal) 24
3. Gihan Fernando (S. Thomas' College) 23
4. Roshan de Silva (St. Joseph's College) 20
5. A. Riyaz (Wesley College) 17
6. Tharindu Wickremasinghe(Thurstan College) 16
7. Asanka Marapona (Dharmaraja College) 15
8. Naren Ratwatte (S. Thomas' College) 14
9. Dhammika Premadasa (Thurstan College) 13
10. Hasantha Fernando(Prince of Wales College) 10
Weekly readers 1st prize of Rs. 500 to: A. Witharana, 'Rukula',
Kumarimulla, Pugoda.
Coupon No. 1
1. Dushantha Ranatunga (Raddoluwa MV) 18
2. I. Muthalib (Maris Stella College) 12
3. D. M. Sampath (Kalutara Vidyalaya) 10
4. Thushara Madanayake (Kingswood College) 8
5. Chanaka Wijesinghe(St. Sylvester's College) 6
6. S. Mendis (St. Anne's College) 5
7. D. Samaraweera (Gurukula MV) 4
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)