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'''The Henry Steel Olcott Memorial [[Cricket]] Tournament''' is conducted annually among the past cricketers of eight premier Buddhist schools in [[Sri Lanka]] in honour of Col. Olcott, the founder of Buddhist education in Sri Lanka. The organizing function in each year is rotated among each participating Old Boy Associations <ref>[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/02/spo10.asp Sri Lanka Sports News | Sundayobserver.lk<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
'''The Henry Steel Olcott Memorial [[Cricket]] Tournament''' is conducted annually among the past cricketers of eight premier Buddhist schools in [[Sri Lanka]] in honour of Col. Olcott, the founder of Buddhist education in Sri Lanka. The organizing function in each year is rotated among each participating Old Boy Associations <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/02/spo10.asp |title=Sri Lanka Sports News {{!}} Sundayobserver.lk<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=24 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210181449/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/02/spo10.asp |archive-date=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Beginning==
==Beginning==
This cricket tournament was started in 1999 following the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of [[Nalanda College Colombo]]. About this time, groups Old Boys of Nalanda, Dharmaraja and Ananda were meeting informally in the evenings at the Bloomfield Cricket Club. It was during one of these gatherings that the idea of a limited over tournament among the Old Boys of the cricket-playing Buddhist Schools was proposed by the 1st Test Captain of Sri Lanka, Bandula Warnapura of Nalanda. Accordingly, the first tournament of the series was held by the Old Nalandian Sports Club on 12 December 1999 at the Nalanda College Grounds.<ref>[http://mahinda99.com/OllcottThephy.html Col. Henry Steel Olcott Memorial Trophy<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
This cricket tournament was started in 1999 following the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of [[Nalanda College Colombo]]. About this time, groups Old Boys of Nalanda, Dharmaraja and Ananda were meeting informally in the evenings at the Bloomfield Cricket Club. It was during one of these gatherings that the idea of a limited over tournament among the Old Boys of the cricket-playing Buddhist Schools was proposed by the 1st Test Captain of Sri Lanka, Bandula Warnapura of Nalanda. Accordingly, the first tournament of the series was held by the Old Nalandian Sports Club on 12 December 1999 at the Nalanda College Grounds.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mahinda99.com/OllcottThephy.html |title=Col. Henry Steel Olcott Memorial Trophy<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=24 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208063217/http://mahinda99.com/OllcottThephy.html |archive-date=8 February 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Participants==
==Participants==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://anandaoba.net/Page.aspx?id=f01a199c-c0fc-4c9a-a065-8faadc68c1de Ananda Net]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723013315/http://anandaoba.net/Page.aspx?id=f01a199c-c0fc-4c9a-a065-8faadc68c1de Ananda Net]
*[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/02/spo10.asp 2007 Championship]:The Daily Mirror
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120210181449/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/12/02/spo10.asp 2007 Championship]:The Daily Mirror
*[http://www.battleofthemaroons.lk/index.html Battle of the Maroons]
*[http://www.battleofthemaroons.lk/index.html Battle of the Maroons]
*[http://www.facebook.com/BattleoftheMaroons- Facebook- Battle of the Maroons Official fan page]
*[http://www.facebook.com/BattleoftheMaroons- Facebook- Battle of the Maroons Official fan page]

Revision as of 20:39, 12 January 2020

Henry Steele Olcott Memorial Cricket Tournament
AdministratorOld Boy Association of a participating team
FormatLimited Over Cricket
First edition1999
Tournament formatOne Game
Number of teams7
Most successfulDharmasoka College (4 titles)

The Henry Steel Olcott Memorial Cricket Tournament is conducted annually among the past cricketers of eight premier Buddhist schools in Sri Lanka in honour of Col. Olcott, the founder of Buddhist education in Sri Lanka. The organizing function in each year is rotated among each participating Old Boy Associations [1]

Beginning

This cricket tournament was started in 1999 following the 75th Anniversary Celebrations of Nalanda College Colombo. About this time, groups Old Boys of Nalanda, Dharmaraja and Ananda were meeting informally in the evenings at the Bloomfield Cricket Club. It was during one of these gatherings that the idea of a limited over tournament among the Old Boys of the cricket-playing Buddhist Schools was proposed by the 1st Test Captain of Sri Lanka, Bandula Warnapura of Nalanda. Accordingly, the first tournament of the series was held by the Old Nalandian Sports Club on 12 December 1999 at the Nalanda College Grounds.[2]

Participants

Past Venues and Winners

Year Host School Champion
1999 Nalanda College Colombo Maliyadeva College
2000 Dharmasoka College Dharmaraja College
2001 Dharmapala College Dharmasoka College
2002 Mahinda College Ananda College & Dharmasoka College
2003 Rahula College Ananda College & Dharmasoka College
2004 Ananda College Dharmashoka College
2005 Dharmasoka College & Maliyadeva College
2006 Dharmapala Vidyalaya
2007
2008
2009 Dharmapala Vidyalaya Ananda College[3]
2010
2011
2012 Rahula College Rahula College

References

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka Sports News | Sundayobserver.lk". Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  2. ^ "Col. Henry Steel Olcott Memorial Trophy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Seylan Bank Sponsors Col. Henry Steel Olcott Memorial Cricket Tournament". The Sunday Leader. Colombo. 27 December 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
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