Battle of the Saints (cricket)
Match History

Battle of the Saints (cricket)

Section Title: Match History
Table Section Text: None

Year	Encounter	Venue	Captains	1st INNINGS	2nd INNINGS	Result

SJC	SPC	SJC	SPC	SJC	SPC

1933	1st	SPC	Robert Fernando	George Jayaweera	225	50	70	SJC

1934	2nd	SJC	Claude Wijesinghe	Sherley de s Illesinghe	380	139	39	SJC

1935	3rd	SPC	Claude Wijesinghe	Sherley de s Illesinghe	185	240	127/7	Draw

1936	4th	SJC	Malcolm Spittel	Tybalt Herath	289	222	63/3 dec.	51/3	Draw

1937	5th	SPC	Fred Perera	J Ray de Silva	253	183	236/8	Draw

1938	6th	SJC	Edward Markus	Percy Perera	56	345/9 dec.	227/4	Draw

1939	7th	SPC	Hector Perera Snr.	Joe Misso	129	312	159/5	Draw

1940	8th	SPC	Czerny Serpanchy	Archibald Weerasinghe	167	83	184	160	SJC

1941	9th	SPC	Hugh Muller	Archibald Weerasinghe	168	148	138	62/2	Draw

1942	Fairlie Dalpathado	Eric Schokman	Not Played Due to War

1943	Fairlie Dalpathado	No Team	Not Played Due to War

1944	10th	Varsity	Malcolm de Costa	Anton Perera	288	115	118	SJC

1945	11th	SSC	Malcolm de Costa	Anton Perera	240	165	176/6 dec.	102	SJC

1946	12th	SSC	Neil Weerasinghe	Dion Walles	109	256	212	56/3	SPC

1947	13th	SSC	Neil Weerasinghe	Dion Walles	141	317	157	SPC

1948	14th	SSC	Joe de Mel	Michael Chanmugam	180	134	88	127	SJC

1949	15th	SSC	Tommy Rodrigo	Darrel Weinman	112	91	161/6	179	SJC

1950	16th	SSC	Billy Balthazar	M S M Ghouse	110	167	194/7	165	Draw

1951	17th	SSC	Joe Perera	Herbert I K Fernando	359	170	174/5	Draw

1952	18th	NCC	Ken Surpanchy	Herbert I K Fernando	382	96	70	SJC

1953	19th	Oval	Rienzy Perera	Harold Wittachchy	180	158	2/0	172	Draw

1954	20th	Oval	Chrisantha Fernando	Clive Inman	152	308	175/5	Draw

1955	21st	Oval	Mahinda de Silva	Clive Inman	117	224	150	46/2	SPC

1956	22nd	Oval	Keerthi Caldera	Ken Dackworth	123	163/5 dec.	91/5	47/8 dec.	SJC

1957	23rd	Oval	Keerthi Caldera	Jayantha Fernando	298	192	246	Draw

1958	24th	Oval	Carlyle Perera	Russell Duckworth	246/9 dec.	314/5 dec.	40/1	90/5	Draw

1959	25th	Oval	Claude Perera	Brian Seneviratne	157	161	111/7 dec.	41/4	Draw

1960	26th	Oval	Priya Perera	Premesiri Athukorala	227/9 dec.	249/7 dec.	161/3 dec.	30/2	Draw

1961	27th	SPC	Raja de Silva	Adiel Anghie	109	230/9 dec.	140/8	Draw

1962	28th	NCC	Hilary Mercilline	Richard Heyn	82	55	139/9	168/9 dec.	Draw

1963	29th	SPC	Brian Perumal	Tyronne Le Mercier	106	161	118/7	152/4 dec.	Draw

1964	30th	Oval	Berchman de Alwis	David Heyn	108	83	90/6	146/9 dec.	Draw

1965	31st	SPC	Christopher Moreira	Travice Fernando	130	201	164	94/4	SPC

1966	32nd	Oval	Allan de Costa	Darrel Wimalarathne	195/8 dec.	215	68/6	125/4 dec.	Draw

1967***	33rd	Oval	Anil Peiris	Tony Opatha	142	81	102	163/8	SPC

1968	34th	Oval	Lalith de S Wijayarathne	Rodney Patternott	100/4	119/9 dec.	Draw

1969	35th	Oval	Brian Obeyesekere	Denham Juriansz	201	187/7 dec.	146/5 dec.	104/5	Draw

1970	36th	Oval	Hector Perera Jnr.	Rory Inman	252/7 dec.	105	18/0	164	SJC

1971	37th	Oval	Manik de s Wijeyaratne* Wendell Kelaart**	Roy Dias	223	121	88/6	235/8 dec.	Draw

1972	38th	Oval	Rohan Fernando	Roy Dias	235/7 dec.	112	36	SJC

1973	39th	Oval	Gary Melder	Gamini Goonasena	100	200/6 dec.	161	63/4	SPC

1974	40th	Oval	Gary Melder	Ruwan Jayaweera	271/7	169	23/1	151	Draw

1975	41st	Oval	Dushan Soza	Bernard Wijetunga Jnr.	228/8 dec.	128	205/7	Draw

1976	42nd	Oval	Dushan Soza	Ranjan Perera	108	151	164/8 dec.	122/7	Draw

1977	43rd	Oval	Trevor Croner	Charinde Perera	198/7 dec.	179/6 dec.	110/8	Draw

1978	44th	Oval	Shamilal de S Wijeyaratne	Suraj Abeysekara	217/9 dec.	161	127/6 dec.	187/4	SPC

1979	45th	Oval	Lakshman Aloysius	Kitto Fernandopulle	288/6 dec.	207/8 dec.	209/2	Draw

1980	46th	Oval	Rohan Wijesinghe Jnr.	Rohan Buultjens	213/5 dec.	267/6 dec.	133/4	156/6 dec.	Draw

1981	47th	Oval	Nirmala Perera	Michael Elias	297/5 dec.	160	138/6 dec.	Draw

1982	48th	Oval	Ashley de Silva	Niranjan Rodrigo	181/6 dec.	153/9 dec.	53/2	180/7 dec.	Draw

1983	49th	Oval	Hiran Cabraal	Shane Brohier* Rumesh Ratnayake**	113	203/6 dec.	185/5	112/6 dec.	Draw

1984	50th	Oval	Jeevaka Chandappa	Senerath Seneviratne	1063 dec.	185/8 dec.	13/0	67/7 dec.	Draw

1985	51st	Oval	Jonathan Alles	Heshan de Silva	179/6 dec.	199/7 dec.	129/6 dec.	Draw

1986	52nd	Oval	Rohitha Tillakeratne	Ranmore Martinesz	190/7 dec.	133/6 dec.	153/5 dec.	181/7	Draw

1987	53rd	Khettarama	Rohan Weerakkody	Dilhan Perera	190/4 dec.	148/8 dec.	141	Draw

1988	54th	Khettarama	Asoka Jayamanne	Dilhan Perera	261/6 dec.	179/7 dec.	107/8 dec.	44/5	Draw

1989	55th	Khettarama	Prasann Leanage	Roshan Anthony	211/7 dec.	188/5 dec.	159/9 dec.	47/3	Draw

1990	56th	Khettarama	Oril de Mel	Indunil Anthony	154	158/7 dec.	90	64/6	Draw

1991	57th	Khettarama	Viran Perera	Hemal Wimalasekera	227/8 dec.	143/8 dec.	79/9 dec.	95/4	Draw

1992	58th	Khettarama	Sudantha Fernando	Asanga Perera	136/7 dec.	159/6 dec.	98/4	137/7 dec.	Draw

1993	59th	Khettarama	Praveen Fernando	Russell Arnold	220/4 dec.	147/5 dec.	105/4 dec.	127/5	Draw

1994	60th	Khettarama	Peter Hamer	Faizal Mohammed	157/6 dec.	181/6 dec.	92/4	159/4 dec.	Draw

1995	61st	Oval	Asela Pathirana	Damien Perera	172	104/9 dec.	139/4 dec.	87/2	Draw

1996	62nd	Oval	Shalinka de Silva	Manura Neomal	168/9 dec.	182/7 dec.	78/5	131/9 dec.	Draw

1997	63rd	Oval	Trevin Mathews	Ramendra Nonis	198	199	106/8	122	Draw

1998	64th	Oval	Monto Perera	Malinda Warnapura	303/8 dec.	273/6 dec.	151/6 dec.	62/4	Draw

1999	65th	Oval	Roshan de Silva	Dilshan Rupasinghe* Jerome Fernando**	252/5 dec.	130	25/1	228/9 dec.	Draw

2000****	66th	Oval	Ian Daniels	Chrisantha Peiris	128/4	248	Draw

2001	67th	Oval	Anuk de S Wijeyaratne* Danuk Pathirana**	Malin Silva* Mahesh Perera	235/8 dec.	287/5 dec.	2038 dec.	80/1	Draw

2002	68th	Oval	Tivanka de S Wijeyaratne	Jehan Jayasuriya	139	200	221/9	162	Draw

2003	69th	Oval	Deshan Bastianpillai	Nadhula de S Wijeyaratne	178	255/7 dec.	162/4	176/4 dec.	Draw

2004	70th	Oval	Ranesh Perera	Dinesh Panditharantne* Gihan de Silva**	224/8	199	158/7	200	Draw

2005	71st	Oval	Hashan Gunatilleke	Prajeev Jansz	126	220	303/7 dec.	129/1	Draw

2006	72nd	Oval	Angelo Mathews	Hans Fernando	218	201/6 dec.	147	86/6	Draw

2007	73rd	Oval	Rajeewa Weerasinghe	Lahiru Peiris	335/5 dec.	193	279/3	Draw

2008	74th	Oval	Ruwantha Fernandopulle	Anuk Silva	255	137	76	SJC

2009	75th	Oval	S.M Weerasinghe	Angelo Perera	188/5 (49 overs)	235 (55.5 overs)	113/5 (32.4 overs)	215/9 (55.4 overs)	Draw

2010	76th	Oval	Dinal Dhambarage	Chathura Peiris	158 (50.1 overs)	293 (56.3 overs)	164 (48.5 overs)	33/0 (8.5 overs)	SPC

2011	77th	Oval	Rosco Thatil	Denham Perera	293 (56.3 overs)	189 (45 overs)	260/1 (54.1 overs)	Draw

2012	78th	Oval	Vidusha Jayasinghe	Shehan Fernando	141 (42.2 overs)	192 (52.4 overs)	165 (62.4 overs)	117/4 (24.2 overs)	SPC

2013	79th	Oval	Sachien Hewawasam	Dushan Hemantha	281/8 dec. (60 overs)	238/9 dec. (60 overs)	140/5 (24 overs)	253/7 dec.	Draw

2014	80th	Oval	Dylan Fernandopulle	Kavinda De Tissera	251/8 dec. (53 overs)	282 (59.5 overs)	181/9 dec. (68.2 overs)	Draw

2015	81st	Oval	Pathum Madusanka	Chandula Jayamanna	167 (59.5 overs)	268 (56.4 overs)	293/8 dec. (81.2 overs)	110/7 (26 overs)	Draw

2016	82nd	Oval	Sandaruwan Rodrigo	Vinu Mohotty	106 (32.3 overs)	304/9 dec. (60 overs)	263 (107.5 overs)	59/4 (9.2 overs/ Target 66 in 12 overs)	SPC

2017	83rd	Oval	Harin Cooray	Lakshina Rodrigo	205 (57.2 overs)	188/8 dec.(60 overs)	163/8 dec.(77 overs)	99/0 (15 overs)	Draw

2018	84th	Oval	Jehan Daniel	Santhush Gunathilake	195 (53.2 overs)	244 (60 overs)	237/8 dec.(83 overs)	57/1 (9.2 overs)	Draw

2019	85th	Oval	Ashen Daniel	Ranmith Jayasena	286/8 dec. (60 overs)	219 (60 overs)	317/6 dec. (79 overs)	Draw

1933–2019	SJC 12 - SPC 10 (63 Draws)

Sentence(s)

In the Battle of the Saints the highest score is recorded by St Joseph’s college, which is 382, led by Ken Serpanchy, while St. Peter’s college best being 345 for 9 in 1938 under Percy Perera.

final_sentence: In the Battle of the Saints the highest score is recorded by St Joseph’s college, which is 382, led by Ken Serpanchy, while St. Peter’s college best being 345 for 9 in 1938 under Percy Perera.