Chippy Gunasekara
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| Full name | L. D. S. Gunasekara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1905 Ceylon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
1974 (aged 69) Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Churchill Gunasekara (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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L. D. S. "Chippy" Gunasekara (1905–1974) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon from 1929 to 1935.
A left-handed opening batsman with a strong defence, and a fine cover fieldsman, "Chippy" Gunasekara toured India in 1932-33.[1] He top-scored in Ceylon's first-ever first-class victory, in the match against Patiala, when he made 57 in the first innings, the only fifty on either side.[2] He captained Ceylon in the match against the Australians in 1935-36, top-scoring in Ceylon's second innings.[3]
Later he was one of the leading criminal lawyers in Ceylon.[4]
References
- ↑ I. M. Mansukhani, "Ceylon Tour in India", The Cricketer, Spring Annual, 1933, pp. 74–75.
- ↑ "Patiala v Ceylon, 1932-33". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 September 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "All Ceylon v Australians 1935-36". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ↑ Wisden 1975, p. 1079.
External links
- Chippy Gunasekara at ESPNcricinfo
- Chippy Gunasekara at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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