Royal-Thomian
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The Royal-Thomian (the Royal versus S. Thomas' Cricket Match), the annual cricket match between Royal College, Colombo (a government-run non-denominational school accommodates approximately 8,000 students, making it the largest school in Sri Lanka) and St Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia (a private Anglican school that has about 2,500 boys on roll) is the second longest uninterrupted cricket match series in the world, having being played for 127 years continuously. The original match was played between the Colombo Academy and St Thomas' College in 1879, with schoolmasters participating as well as schoolboys. From 1880 onwards, only schoolboys were allowed to play in the match. It is the only school boy cricket match in Sri Lanka to be played over three days.
This match is generally referred to as the 'Big Match'.
Awards
This match is played for the most prestigious 'Father of the Nation' D. S. Senanayake Memorial Shield. Incidentally, Rt. Hon. D. S. Senanayake, who became independent Ceylon's (as Sri Lanka was known at the time) first Prime Minister, donned the Thomian cap in 1901 and 1902. This shield was first presented in 1928.External link
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