Sri Lanka Observer-Bata Contest: Change at the top spot (4 April 1999)
Anandian Eashan Abeysinghe toppled Royalist skipper Thusan Amerasuriya from the top post after count on coupon No
04-Apr-1999
4 April 1999
Sri Lanka Observer-Bata Contest: Change at the top spot
The Daily News
Anandian Eashan Abeysinghe toppled Royalist skipper Thusan
Amerasuriya from the top post after count on coupon No. 10 in the
Observer-Bata Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest.
Abeysinghe who was second after count on coupon No. 9, took top spot
after count No. 10, having received 3,502 votes. P>There was another
change in the voting. Muditha Maduwanta of D.S. Senanayake College
who was lying third the previous week, has now climbed up to second
spot with 3,496 votes, while Thusan Amerasuriya who was the leader
for several weeks has dropped down to third position after count No.
10 with 3,342 votes.
Coupon number 12 will be the last coupon in the series. This coupon
appears today and will be continued in The Observer from Monday,
April 5 until Friday April 9. Voting on coupon No. 12 will end on
Thursday, April 15 and results will be published in the Sunday
Observer of April 18.
It all points to a close contest between the three front runners in
the Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year, with just six votes
separating the first and second.
There were no changes in the top positions in the Most Popular
Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contest, with last week's
leader Kasun Bulalthsinghala of Maris Stella keeping his lead. He has
so far polled 2,912 votes after count on coupon No. 10, while his
schoolmate Ishan Mutaliph is second with 1,370 votes.
Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year
Coupon No. 10
1. Eashan Abeysinghe (Ananda) 3502 2. Muditha Maduwantha (DSSC) 3496 3. Thusan Amerasuriya (Royal) 3342 4. Shanka Caldera (STCML) 424 5. Upeka Fernando (STCML) 366 6. Johannes Jayasuriya (SJC) 237 7. Kasun Jayaratne (SACK) 214 8. Gihan Fernando (STCML) 136 9. A. Riyaz (Wesley) 104 10. Naren Ratwatte (STCML) 101
Weekly readers 1st prize of Rs. 500 to: M.K. Weerakkody, 1019/111,
Araliya Place, Sinharamulla, Kelaniya.
Readers 2nd prize of Rs. 300 to: Annesta Kounder, Flat C 10 3, De
Soysa Flats, Moratuwa.
Most Popular Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year
Coupon No. 10
1. Kasun Bulathsinghala (Maris Stella) 2912 2. Ishan Mutaliph (Maris Stella) 1370 3. Thusara Madanayake (Kingswood) 439 4. Dushantha Ranatunga (Raddoluwa MV) 121 5. Manjula Priyantha (Lumbini MV) 72 6. Chanaka Wijesinghe (St. Sylvesters) 55 7. D.M. Sampath (Kalutara MV) 51 8. Mevan Fernando (Maris Stella) 35 9. Umal Trandiba (St.Alosius Galle) 28 10. S. Mendis (St.Annes Kurunegala) 24
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)