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140th Battle of the Blues – Family Records

The Royal – Thomian, a tradition worth 140 years has earned a special place...
Cricket Features

Memories from the Past – 1916 – 1919

This is a story as told to me by my father, the Royal captain...
Cricket Features

Ending an Eighteen Year Drought

Royal’s win in 1969 was the last result in the two - day game....
Tamil

140ஆவது முறையாக இடம்பெற காத்திருக்கும் நீலங்களின் சமர்

இலங்கையின் மிகப் பழமைவாய்ந்த பாடசாலை கிரிக்கெட் பெரும் போட்டியான “நீலங்களின் சமர்” இந்த ஆண்டு 140ஆவது முறையாக மார்ச்...
Sinhala

නිල් මහා සටනේ 140 වැනි දිගහැරුම ලබන මාසයේ

ලොව පැරණිතම මහා ක්‍රිකට් තරග අතරින් දෙවැනි ස්ථානය දිනා ගන්නා කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය හා...
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Photos : Royal vs S. Thomas’ | 140th Battle of the Blues – Press Conference

ThePapare.com | Waruna Lakmal | 20/02/2019 | Editing and re-using images without permission of...
Schools Cricket

140th edition of Royal-Thomian Cricketing extravaganza next month

Sri Lanka’s blue-ribbon schools’ cricket encounter, the ‘Battle of the Blues’, between Royal College...
Schools Cricket

Battle between Royal batting & Thomian bowling

A rampaging Royal College top six and a lethal bowling combination from S. Thomas’...
Sinhala

139 වන නිල් මහා සටනේ ජය කාට හිමිවෙයි ද?

මෙම තරග වාරය පුරාවට හොඳින් ලකුණු අතර සිටි කොළඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලයීය කණ්ඩායමේ ඉදිරිපෙළ පිතිකරුවන්...
Schools Cricket

When we don the Blue, Black and Blue – Memories from the 132nd Battle of the Blues

6 years on from the controversial draw at the 132nd Battle of the Blues, here is Thomian...
Features

It will go down in history as one of the greatest innings at a Royal-Thomian – Harith Samarasinghe relates

The cheer of “R.O.Y.A.L”, the colours “Blue & Gold” and the word “Big match”...
SNIPPETS

Royal-Thomian postponed by a day

The traditional Royal-Thomian encounter has been pushed back by one day due to the...
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