page_title: Mahinda College
section_title: Lovers' Quarrel
hierarchical_section_title: Mahinda College / Lovers' Quarrel
caption_attribution_description: English: Flags of Mahinda College at the 103rd Lovers' Quarrel
context_page_description: Mahinda College is a Buddhist boys' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. The school was established on 1 March 1892 by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott. Today it is a national school, which provides primary and secondary education across 13 grades. Mahinda College is the leading Buddhist Boys' school in Southern Sri Lanka.
context_section_description: Lovers' Quarrel or Battle of the Lovers  also known as Mahinda - Richmond big match is an annual cricket match played between the first XI cricket teams of Mahinda College and Richmond College, Galle. The contest was started in the year 1905 under principals Rev. James Horne Darrel of Richmond College and Frank Lee Woodward of Mahinda College.
  After the 2019 match, Mahinda College has won 23 and Richmond College has won 24 times. Lovers Quarrel was last won by Mahinda College in the 2008 encounter, having broken a 30-year-long deadlock of draws since 1978.
  Mahinda College also has been the first school in Sri Lanka to webcast their cricket big match.
caption: Flags of Mahinda College at the 103rd Lovers' Quarrel.
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