Test your Royal-Thomian BIg match history-Quiz 01

who has captained the Royal Thomian big match twice from the following choices

• Ranjan Madugalle

• Roshan Jurangpathy

• Jeewan Mendis

• Kaushal Silva

Answer explanation

Ranjan Madugalle captained the side in 1978 as well as in the 1979 centenary big match who later captained the Ceylon Team

Who has not achieved a rare batting double (a century and a fifty) in a same Royal Thomian big match from the following individuals

• Jeewan Mendis

• Malinda Thotuwilage

• Kusal Janith Perera

• Ganganath Ratnayake

Answer explanation

Only 3 Thomians and 2 Royalists have achieved a rare batting double (a century and a fifty) in the same game. Willie Jayetileke (62 & 110*) in 1937, Dhammika Bulankulame (108 & 72) in 1984 and Jeewan Mendis (111 & 54) in 2001 have done it for the Thomians while Malinda Thotuwilage (95 & 108) and Ganganath Ratnayake (75 & 111*) achieved the same feat for the Royalists in 2001 and 2003 respectively.

Who has the highest individual aggregate at the Royal-Thomian

• Dulip Mendis

• Upeka Fernando

• Jeevan Mendis

• Kusal Janith Perera

Answer explanation

1998 Thomian skipper Upeka Fernando made 394 runs during his career span from 1995 to 1998. For Royal, it has been two batsmen, Sumithra Warnakulasuriya (1980-82) and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (2007-11) both scored 386 runs.

Who scored a century on debut for Royal Thomian encounter

• Sukitha Senaratne

• Bhanuka Rajapaksha

• Manoj Mendis

• Duleep Mendis

Answer explanation

Jagath Pattiarachchi (100* in 1974), Sumithra Warnakulasuriya (197 in 1980) and Pasindu Sooriyabandara (123 in 2016) remain the only Royalists to score centuries on debut while D. Ponniah (100* in 1967) and Manoj Mendis (124 in 1992) achieved the feat in Thomian colours.

Who has the record of highest individual score of an inning in the Royal Thomian

• Duleep Mendis

• Sumithra Warnakulasuriya

• Jagath Fernando

• Ramith Rambukwella

Answer explanation

Sumithra Warnakulasuriya’s marathon 197, on debut in 1980, remains as the highest individual score, unbroken for the past 40 years.