An interesting article that appeared in the Sri Lanka Sunday Times on January 18, 2006 pertaining to CE Belleth and his cricket playing days at Royal College, Colombo. Thomians win after 8 years This is another one in the long line of 124 matches played, that goes down as a special. In this there are many achievements that have gone unnoticed till recently. The records go as: a) Last Man Top Scorer P. Amaradasa (for Royal) b) Record 10th Wicket Partnership for Royal - P. Amaradasa-C.E. Belleth c) T.E. Tweed 1921/22 Royal Thomian - In Two Winning Teams Two successive years (d) E.C. Rose Highest Scorer in match - in 2 matches (1919/20 - Series record and Highest Scorer for Royal (2nd Innings for Royal). A record not emulated during the past 80 years. I picked the 1922 match to remember the Last Man Top Scorer for Royal - P. Amaradasa, his record was not mentioned for nearly 40 yers. Also his 10th wicket record partnership also took the same time to mention. Amaradasa did not hail from cricketing stock but his performances with both bat and ball for 3 years shows his ability. Before going further I would like to mention his bowling performances (as opening bowler 3 years)- See Annex (A) Amaradasa conceding just 197 runs in 126 overs - 8.2 runs per wkt and conceding less than 2 runs per over. It is not his bowling but the10th wkt. partnership that got the prominence - the partner C.E. Belleth too had been left out, till about the 1969. They put 54 runs for the 10th wkt. C.E Belleth was a keen student of cricket. My former Master Belleth is mentioned as the HERO of the 1922 match in the newspapers as he scored 17,21, took 3 for 49 and 4 for 24. In the 2nd innings too Amaradasa and Belleth put on 25 runs for the 10th wkt. ( So we have two heroes in the match). The 3rd was E.C. Rose Royal opening batsman in 1919/24, 22runs in the match.,1920/28 and in 1921/33 - the highest scorer for Royal in 2nd innings. These were top batting efforts - as opening batsmen. In 1919 - 1920 Rose was top scorer in the 3 successive matches. There was a 4th man Tom Tweed who got his name in. He was in the winning Royal team of 1921 and the winning Thomian Team of 1922! Tweed in 1926 was at Cambridge University and won his Blue for Athletics. Tweed opened batting and bowling for S. Thomas'. Would Tweed has made a good M.P. in the new era? Thomian captain C.E.L de Silva wrote that he quite often faced defeat (1920 & 1921) as a player "now my turn to captain" and he led his team to a fine win. Royal according to reports were a poor combination led by M.C. Dias. In the course of wirting on Amaradasa's effort I mentioned my former master Belleth -17 and 21 (54 runs for 10th wkt) & 25 runs. for 10th (both with Amaradasa) - 3/49 and 4 for 24(7 for 72) in bowling. It was Mr. Belleths' debut year. He was a keen student of the game. In later years he coached the Royal College team and was games master (The Umpires in 1922 match were Mr. L.V. Gooneratne and Dr. J.A. Scharenguwel). In later life Mr. Amaradasa was known as Dr. A. Rahapalor. I believe he served the Colombo Municipality. Fazli -----Original Message----- From: Jacky Morris [mailto:morris.jacky@googlemail.com] On Behalf Of Jacky Morris Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 1:37 PM To: Muhammad Fazli Subject: RE: [SRILANKA] Sergeant R.R. Belleth, Ceylon Police (1950s) Hello Muhammad, Thank you for your correction to the misinformation I gave in my recent email regarding the Belleth family history. I do aplogise to anyone who was misled by me. Best wishes, Windsor Morris -----Original Message----- From: Muhammad Fazli [mailto:mfazli@Alfaisaliah.com] Sent: 10 February 2007 07:59 To: Jacky.Morris@easternisle.co.uk; srilanka@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [SRILANKA] Sergeant R.R. Belleth, Ceylon Police (1950s) BELIATTA ia a place name in Sri Lanka in the south western coastal belt and NOT a persons name. Fazli -----Original Message----- From: srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jacky Morris Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:05 PM To: srilanka@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SRILANKA] Sergeant R.R. Belleth, Ceylon Police (1950s) There are references to Beliatte in "A History of the Ceylon Police" Vol. 11 1866-1913 (pages 461 and 470) by A. C. Dep. Possibly the same person. Best wishes, Windsor Morris -----Original Message----- From: srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:srilanka-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Glen Hodgins Sent: 04 February 2007 15:28 To: srilanka@rootsweb.com Subject: [SRILANKA] Sergeant R.R. Belleth, Ceylon Police (1950s) Friends/Colleagues: I'm looking for any help in learning more about R.R. Belleth, a sergeant in the Ceylon Police in the 1950s. I've checked out the meagre resources I have, (a few post-war Ferguson's Directories) and all I've been able to find is a "B. Belleth", listed as a retired member of the Ceylon Civil Service, (and most probably a distinguished one, since he is also listed as having been awarded the Imperial Service Order). Perhaps "B." is the father (or uncle?) of the chappie I'm interested in -- "R.R." ? Am I correct in assuming Belleth is a Burger name? Any thoughts or leads greatly appreciated. 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