Trinity–Antonian Cricket Encounter Explained

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Battle of the Blues (Kandy)
Team1:	Trinity College
Team1logo:	File:Flag of Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.jpg
Team2:	St. Anthony's College
Team2logo:	File:Flag of St. Anthony's College, Kandy, Sri Lanka.jpg
Sport:	Cricket
Firstmeeting:	1914 St. Anthony's won by 42 runs
Mostrecent:	2024 Match drawn
Nextmeeting:	2025
Total:	105
Series:	Trinity leads, 23–11–71
Longeststreak:	Trinity, 11 (1918–1928)
Trophy:	John Halangoda Memorial Trophy

The Battle of the Blues (Kandy), also referred to as the Trinity–Antonian Cricket Encounter or Hill Country Battle of the Blues, stands as the sixth oldest traditional school cricket match, commonly known as a Big Match, held annually in Sri Lanka. Dating back to 1914, this encounter sees Trinity College, Kandy, and St. Anthony's College, Kandy, engage in a two-day cricket contest. The John Halangoda Memorial Trophy is bestowed upon the victor of the match, determined by either an outright win or, failing that, a first innings triumph. It is noteworthy that a first innings victory does not formally register as a win for the respective team in the records.^[1]

Furthermore, following the conclusion of the two-day match, a limited overs encounter is typically held a week later. This series was inaugurated in 1980, and the winning team is awarded the Sir Richard Aluwihare Trophy.^[2]

History

Both Trinity and St. Anthony’s College embraced cricket as a sporting pursuit during the late 19th century, inaugurating their respective 1st XI programmes soon after. The initial cricket fixtures between the two institutions featured teams consisting of both staff and students. However, these early encounters are not recognised as official 1st XI inter-school matches and are consequently excluded from the schools' overall records.

The first official 1st XI cricket match between the schools was played in March 1914 at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy with St. Anthony’s emerging victorious by 42 runs. C. E. de Silva captained Trinity with C. C. Senaratne captaining St. Anthony’s. Trinity won the encounter in 1915 but due to exigencies created from the ongoing World War I, the series was suspended in 1916.

It recommenced in 1917, which was won by St. Anthony’s. Trinity went on to record 11 consecutive victories from 1918 to 1928. During the period following the culmination of World War I, St. Anthony’s were deprived of their cricket ground and practice pitches due to the British Army occupying the land.^[3]

A disagreement between the two schools, regarding the age rule resulted in the cancellation of the encounter in 1956 and 1957.^[4]

In 2001, the encounter was not contested as Trinity terminated their season early due to disciplinary reasons.

The centenary encounter of the series was held in 2017 with the two schools taking on each other on 10-11 March 2017 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele.^[5]

The matches were postponed and eventually called off in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

The trophy

In 2005, a tribute was established in memory of John Halangoda, an alumnus of Trinity College who later served as a cricket coach at St. Anthony’s. This commemorative trophy, known as the John Halangoda Memorial Trophy, was introduced to honour his legacy. It is awarded to the victorious team at the conclusion of the two-day match.

The victors of the limited overs cricket contest are honoured with the Sir Richard Aluwihare Memorial Trophy. This award pays homage to the distinguished legacy of Sir Richard Aluwihare, the first Ceylonese Inspector General of Police and a veteran of World War I. Sir Richard Aluwihare, an alumnus of Trinity College, excelled not only as a cricket stalwart but also as the head prefect during his time at the institution.^[7]

The venue

The two-day encounter is alternatively held at Asgiriya Stadium, which is the home ground of Trinity and St. Anthony’s College Cricket Stadium, which is the home ground of St. Anthony’s. Bogambara Stadium and Pallekele International Cricket Stadium also had been match venues in the past.

The same principle applies to the limited overs series as well, with the visiting team at a particular year's two-day encounter assuming the role of the host for the subsequent limited overs engagement.

Statistics and results

Results of the last encounter

• 105th two-day encounter was drawn.^{[8] [9]}
• 42nd limited overs encounter was won by Trinity by a margin of 100-runs.^{[10] [11]}

Two-day match result 15–16 March 2024
School	Score
	1st innings	2nd innings
St. Anthony's	249 (89 overs)	–
Trinity	232/9 (96 overs)	–
Result	Drawn

Limited overs match result 23 March 2024
School	Score
Trinity	228/9 (50 overs)
St. Anthony's	128 (41.3 overs)
Result	Trinity won by 100-runs

List of fixtures and results

Note

• Match venues have been abbreviated as follows:
• Bogambara Stadium, Kandy as Bogambara
• Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy as Asgiriya
• St. Anthony’s College Cricket Stadium, Kandy as Katugastota
• Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele as Pallekele.
• Result denotes which side won the encounter outright, or if it was drawn.

Two-day series: 1914–1979

Year	Series	Venue	Captains		Result
			Trinity	St. Anthony's
1914	1	Bogambara	C. E. de Silva	C. C. Senaratne	St. Anthony’s
1915	2	Asgiriya	R. Ondatje		Trinity
1916	Not played
1917	3	Bogambara	A. Aluwihare	J. M. Ferguson	St. Anthony’s (2)
1918	4	Asgiriya	A. H. R. Joseph		Trinity (2)
1919	5	Bogambara	J. Bandaranayake		Trinity (3)
1920	6	Asgiriya	P. Maralande		Trinity (4)
1921	7	Bogambara	P. Maralande		Trinity (5)
1922	8	Asgiriya	P. Maralande		Trinity (6)
1923	9	Bogambara	V. C. Shockman		Trinity (7)
1924	10	Asgiriya	V. C. Shockman		Trinity (8)
1925	11	Bogambara	H. Delwita		Trinity (9)
1926	12	Asgiriya	H. Delwita		Trinity (10)
1927	13	Bogambara	H. Shockman		Trinity (11)
1928	14	Asgiriya	J. W. Aiyadurai		Trinity (12)
1929	15	Bogambara	J. W. Aiyadurai		St. Anthony’s (3)
1930	16	Asgiriya	S. Odayar		Trinity (13)
1931	17	Bogambara	S. B. de Saram		Trinity (14)
1932	18	Asgiriya	E. W. A. Buultjens		Draw
1933	19	Bogambara	E. W. A. Buultjens		Trinity (15)
1934	20	Asgiriya	B. A. Wijewardena		Draw (2)
1935	21	Bogambara	W. Winter		Draw (3)
1936	22	Asgiriya	R. Breckenridge		Draw (4)
1937	23	Asgiriya	O. L. Izadeen		Draw (5)
1938	24	Katugastota	T. B. Marambe		Trinity (16)
1939	25	Asgiriya	G. P. Schoorman		Trinity (17)
1940	26	Katugastota	R. P. de Alwis		Draw (6)
1941	27	Asgiriya	H. E. W. Solomons		Draw (7)
1942	28	Katugastota	S. B. Dissanayke		Draw (8)
1943	29	Asgiriya	T. B. Werapitiya		Draw (9)
1944	30	Katugastota	T. B. Werapitiya		Trinity (18)
1945	31	Asgiriya	A. P. Fernando		Trinity (19)
1946	32	Katugastota	C. N. Shockman		Draw (10)
1947	33	Asgiriya	C. N. Shockman		Trinity (20)
1948	34	Katugastota	L. V. Wadsworth		St. Anthony’s (4)
1949	35	Asgiriya	L. V. Wadsworth		Draw (11)
1950	36	Katugastota	L. Kadirgamar	S. Jayasinghe	Draw (12)
1951	37	Asgiriya	E. Rulach	B. Weerakoon	Trinity (21)
1952	38	Katugastota	G. Tennekoon	B. Weerakoon	Draw (13)
1953	39	Asgiriya	A. H. Bandaranayake	E. Cooray	Draw (14)
1954	40	Katugastota	A. Hulangamuwa	A. C. M. Lafir	St. Anthony’s (5)
1955	41	Asgiriya	H. F. Ratwatte	A. C. M. Lafir	Draw (15)
1956	Not played
1957	Not played
1958	42	Katugastota	A. N. Maralande	S. W. Seneviratne	Draw (16)
1959	43	Asgiriya	A. N. Maralande	C. Joseph	Draw (17)
1960	44	Katugastota	J. S. Ratwatte	C. Joseph	Draw (18)
1961	45	Asgiriya	S. A. Silva	H. M. Muthalib	Draw (19)
1962	46	Katugastota	V. I. Kodituwakku	N. Dunuwille	St. Anthony’s (6)
1963	47	Asgiriya	S. M. Perera	M. Joseph	Draw (20)
1964	48	Katugastota	M. T. M. Zaruk		Draw (21)
1965	49	Asgiriya	M. T. M. Zaruk		Draw (22)
1966	50	Katugastota	H. Dunuwille	N. Nagendra	Draw (23)
1967	51	Asgiriya	H. S. Ranaweera		Draw (24)
1968	52	Katugastota	C. M. Amunugama	R. Sims	St. Anthony’s (7)
1969	53	Asgiriya	C. N. Dissanayake	C. Sims	Draw (25)
1970	54	Katugastota	N. R. Marambe	M. Gunaratne	Draw (26)
1971	55	Asgiriya	J. L. Weerasinghe	R. Sims	Draw (27)
1972	56	Katugastota	A. E. Unantenne	J. Monnekulame	St. Anthony’s (8)
1973	57	Asgiriya	R. S. Dissanayke	P. de Silva	Draw (28)
1974	58	Katugastota	A. R. Perera		Draw (29)
1975	59	Asgiriya	A. R. Perera		Draw (30)
1976	60	Katugastota	J. D. D. Weerasinghe		Draw (31)
1977	61	Asgiriya	F. R. R. Arthur		Draw (32)
1978	62	Katugastota	A. R. Tissera	R. De La Motte	Draw (33)
1979	63	Asgiriya	P. S. Dinesh	M. Ratnakumar	Draw (34)

Two-day and limited overs series: 1980–2024

Two-day series						Limited overs series
Year	Series	Venue	Captains		Result	Series	Venue	Result
			Trinity	St. Anthony's
1980	64	Katugastota	J. R. Ratnayake	A. Leanage	Draw (35)	1	Asgiriya	St. Anthony’s
1981	65	Asgiriya	S. T. B. Ellepola	F. Majeed	St. Anthony’s (9)	2	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (2)
1982	66	Katugastota	A. D. P. Yainne	A. Dunuwille	Draw (36)	3	Asgiriya	Trinity
1983	67	Asgiriya	J. S. Mutthumani	M. Von Hagt	Draw (37)	4	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (3)
1984	68	Katugastota	H. C. D. D’ Silva	M. Von Hagt	Draw (38)	5	Asgiriya	St. Anthony’s (4)
1985	69	Asgiriya	A. U. Aturaliye	A. Wickramasuriya	Draw (39)	6	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (5)
1986	70	Katugastota	T. P. Weerasooriya	R. Perera	Trinity (22)	7	Asgiriya	Trinity (2)
1987	71	Asgiriya	D. R. Madena	D. Nadarajah	Draw (40)	8	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (6)
1988	72	Katugastota	C. I. Fernando	R. Kalpage	Draw (44)	9	Asgiriya	St. Anthony’s (7)
1989	73	Asgiriya	D. K. Ratwatte	S. de Alwis	Draw (42)	10	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (8)
1990	74	Katugastota	S. Jayasinghe	S. de Alwis	St. Anthony’s (10)	11	Asgiriya	St. Anthony’s (9)
1991	75	Asgiriya	Y. S. Goonatilleke	N. Kalpage	Draw (43)	12	Katugastota	Trinity (3)
1992	76	Katugastota	K. C. Edirisinghe	U. de Alwis	St. Anthony’s (11)	13	Asgiriya	Trinity (4)
1993	77	Asgiriya	H. M. Goonetileke		Draw (44)	14	Katugastota	No result
1994	78	Katugastota	T. H. de Silva		Draw (45)	15	Asgiriya	St. Anthony’s (10)
1995	79	Asgiriya	S. N. Fernando		Draw (46)	16	Katugastota	Trinity (5)
1996	80	Katugastota	J. L. B. Seneviratne		Draw (47)	17	Asgiriya	St. Anthony’s (11)
1997	81	Asgiriya	C. K. Sangakkara	T. Gunaratne	Draw (48)	18	Katugastota	Trinity (6)
1998	82	Katugastota	S. P. Fernando	M. Palihakkara	Draw (49)	19	Asgiriya	Trinity (7)
1999	83	Asgiriya	U. K. Weeraratne	S. Pinnaduwa	Draw (50)	20	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (12)
2000	84	Katugastota	U. K. Weeraratne	N. M. Nizam	Draw (51)	21	Asgiriya	Trinity (8)
2001	Not played
2002	85	Asgiriya	K. L. R. Gamage	P. Ranawaka	Draw (52)	22	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (13)
2003	86	Katugastota	C. M. Fernando	N. Ratnayake	Draw (53)	23	Asgiriya	No result (2)
2004	87	Asgiriya	C. M. Fernando	M. Rizlan	Draw (54)	24	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (14)
2005	88	Katugastota	R. M. Munaweera	P. Fernando	Draw (55)	25	Asgiriya	St. Anthony’s (15)
2006	89	Asgiriya	C. S. Dumbarage	S. Munas	Draw (56)	26	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (16)
2007	90	Katugastota	S. S. Pathirana	S. Jamian	Draw (57)	27	Asgiriya	Trinity (9)
2008	91	Asgiriya	D. C. Gangoda	K. Dissanayake	Draw (58)	28	Katugastota	No result (3)
2009	92	Katugastota	M. R. Jaleel	S. Palihakkara	Draw (59)	29	Asgiriya	Trinity (10)
2010	93	Asgiriya	M. H. M. Sajid	D. Kumarasinghe	Draw (60)	30	Katugastota	Trinity (11)
2011	94	Katugastota	A. Jayasundara	H. Wickramasekara	Draw (61)	31	Asgiriya	Trinity (12)
2012	95	Asgiriya	D. P. N. Dickwella	K. Ranaraja	Trinity (23)	32	Katugastota	St. Anthony’s (17)
2013	96	Katugastota	D. M. Wickramanayake	S. Bulathsinghala	Draw (62)	33	Asgiriya	Trinity (13)
2014	97	Asgiriya	K. R. Chandraguptha	N. Gunasinghe	Draw (63)	34	Katugastota	Tied
2015	98	Katugastota	R. S. Sayer	B. Wijethunga	Draw (64)	35	Asgiriya	Trinity (14)
2016	99	Pallekele	R. S. Sayer	K. Ukgalpaya	Draw (65)	36	Katugastota	Trinity (15)
2017	100	Pallekele	S. Shanmuganathan	M. Alfar	Draw (66)	37	Asgiriya	Trinity (16)
2018	101	Asgiriya	E. M. H. R. B. Boyagoda	J. Himsara	Draw (67)	38	Katugastota	Trinity (17)
2019	102	Katugastota	G. G. P. Bandara	T. Gunasinghe	Draw (68)	39	Asgiriya	Trinity (18)
2020	Not played due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Not played due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	103	Asgiriya	A. Muthalib	C. Wickremasinghe	Draw (69)	40	Asgiriya	Trinity (19)
2023	104	Katugastota	R. Amarasinghe	L. Abeysinghe	Draw (70)	41	Asgiriya	No result (4)
2024	105	Asgiriya	M. Kularathne	T. Ekanayake	Draw (71)	42	Katugastota	Trinity (20)

Match and series records for the two-day series

Best performances

Largest margin of victory by runs	Trinity	Won by an innings and 120 runs (1939)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by an innings and 90 runs (1962)
Largest margin of victory by wickets	Trinity	Won by 9 wickets (1927 and 1951)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by 9 wickets (1992)
Smallest margin of victory by runs	Trinity	Won by 41 runs (1925)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by 42 runs (1914)
Smallest margin of victory by wickets	Trinity	Won by 4 wickets (1931)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by 6 wickets (1917 and 1981)
Highest innings total	Trinity	406/8d (1942)
	St. Anthony’s	399/8d (1954)
Lowest innings total	Trinity	54 (1990)
	St. Anthony’s	27 (1928)
Most runs in an innings	Trinity	148 by K. Weeraratne (1999)
	St. Anthony’s	176 by A. C. M. Lafir (1954)
Best bowling figures in an innings	Trinity	10/38 by S. Fernando (1997)
	St. Anthony’s	7/26 by P. Wijetunge (1990)
Best bowling figures in a match	Trinity	12/48 by C. Dharmalingam (1939) – 6/17 and 6/13
	St. Anthony’s	12/81 by S. Fernando (1992) – 6/39 and 6/52

Batting and bowling records

Most runs in an innings
Player	Runs	School	Year
J. Anderson	111	St. Anthony’s	1918
M. D. D. Jayawardena	120	Trinity	1922
L. C. de Mel	111	Trinity	1923
T. B. Werapitiya	100	Trinity	1943
T. B. Werapitiya	143	Trinity	1944
R. Stephens	108	St. Anthony’s	1952
A. C. M. Lafir	176	St. Anthony’s	1954
R. Stephens	103	St. Anthony’s	1954
S. W. Seneviratne	100*	Trinity	1958
C. Joseph	127	St. Anthony’s	1960
J. S. Ratwatte	103	Trinity	1960
F. Burke	133*	St. Anthony’s	1962
M. T. M. Zaruk	101*	Trinity	1964
W. Seneviratne	100	St. Anthony’s	1964
R. Burke	165	St. Anthony’s	1965
R. Sims	100	St. Anthony’s	1969
L. Ramanayake	110	Trinity	1970
M. Dunuwille	106*	St. Anthony’s	1970
R. N. R. de Silva	100*	Trinity	1971
P. de Silva	148	St. Anthony’s	1973
B. Perera	155*	St. Anthony’s	1976
N. Dambawinne	130	Trinity	1978
M. Von Hagt	123	St. Anthony’s	1984
A. Wickremasuriya	114	St. Anthony’s	1984
N. Kalpage	100*	St. Anthony’s	1990
D. Witharane	103	St. Anthony’s	1996
K. Weeraratne	148	Trinity	1999
S. Wijesuriya	114*	Trinity	2009
K. Uggalpaya	108	St. Anthony’s	2016
C. Wickremasinghe	128	St. Anthony’s	2019

Best bowling figures in a match
Player	Wickets	School	Year
E. W. A. Buultjens	10/78 (3/26 and 7/52)	Trinity	1932
C. Dharmalingam	12/48 (6/17 and 6/31)	Trinity	1939
G. B. Perera	10/82 (5/63 and 5/19)	Trinity	1942
T. O. M. Deen	11/60 (5/29 and 6/31)	St. Anthony’s	1953
B. Perera	10/49 (4/10 and 6/39)	St. Anthony’s	1972
P. Fernando	11/103 (5/60 and 6/43)	St. Anthony’s	1981
P. Wijetunge	10/39 (7/26 and 3/13)	St. Anthony’s	1990
M. Muralitharan	12/94 (6/58 and 6/36)	St. Anthony’s	1991
S. Fernando	12/81 (6/39 and 6/52)	St. Anthony’s	1992
S. Fernando	11/69 (1/31 and 10/38)	Trinity	1997

Records for the limited overs series

Best performances

Largest margin of victory by runs	Trinity	Won by 149 runs (2018)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by 160 runs (1983)
Largest margin of victory by wickets	Trinity	Won by 9 wickets (2016)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by 9 wickets (1990)
Smallest margin of victory by runs	Trinity	Won by 2 runs (2011)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by 10 runs (2012)
Smallest margin of victory by wickets	Trinity	Won by 1 wicket (1991)
	St. Anthony’s	Won by 1 wicket (1989)
Highest innings total	Trinity	305/7 in 50 overs (2000)
	St. Anthony’s	276/5 in 45 overs (1993) and 276/8 in 50 overs (1980)
Lowest innings total	Trinity	71 in 25.5 overs (1983)
	St. Anthony’s	89 in 31 overs (2016)
Most runs in an innings	Trinity	109 by H. Boyagoda (2018)
	St. Anthony’s	139 by M. Von Hagt (1983)
Best bowling figures in an innings	Trinity	6/23 by A. Anandakumar (2019)
	St. Anthony’s	5/24 by K. Ekanayake (2007)

Batting and bowling records

Most runs in an innings
Player	Runs	School	Year
M. Von Hagt	111	St. Anthony’s	1981
M. Von Hagt	139	St. Anthony’s	1983
A. Shafeek	123	St.Anthony’s	1993
K. Uggalpaya	102	St. Anthony’s	2015
H. Boyagoda	109	Trinity	2018

Best bowling figures in an innings
Player	Wickets	School	Year
S. Perera	5/49	Trinity	1980
K. Ekanayake	5/24	St. Anthony’s	2007
S. Pathirana	5/52	Trinity	2007
A. Srimahan	5/32	Trinity	2013
A. Anandakumar	6/23	Trinity	2019
T. Ekanayake	5/29	St. Anthony's	2024

Notable people who have played

Trinitians

• Richard Aluwihare
• Edward Buultjens
• Harindra Dunuwille
• Niroshan Dickwella
• Lakshman Jayakody
• Lakshman Kadirgamar
• Matheesha Pathirana
• Ravi Ratnayeke
• Kumar Sangakkara
• T. B. Werapitiya
• Kaushalya Weeraratne

Antonians

• Sajith Fernando
• Mahes Goonatilleke
• Ruwan Kalpage
• A.C.M. Lafir
• Muttiah Muralitharan
• Damien Nadarajah
• A. H. Sheriffdeen
• Marlon Von Hagt
• Piyal Wijetunge

External links

• Trinity College Kandy, Sri Lanka Official Website
• Trinity Digital History
• St. Anthony's College, Kandy, Sri Lanka Official Website
• SACKOBA Official Website

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4. Web site: Trinity-Antonian ‘Big Match’ 50 years ago . . Wijesena . Wickrema . 3 March 2009 . 2 April 2024 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064059/http://www.island.lk/2009/03/03/sports15.html. dead.
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