Bertie de Silva

John Albert "Bertie" de Silva (19 January 1901 – 30 November 1981) was a cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Oxford University in England between 1924 and 1927 and three first-class matches for Dr J Rockwood's Ceylon XI in Ceylon between 1929 and 1930.[1][2][3]

Bertie de Silva
Personal information
Full name
John Albert de Silva
Born(1901-01-19)19 January 1901
Colombo, Ceylon
Died30 November 1981(1981-11-30) (aged 80)
Colombo
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1924 to 1927Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 214
Batting average 19.45
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 65
Balls bowled 432
Wickets 4
Bowling average 46.75
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/5
Catches/stumpings 4/0
Source: Cricinfo, 17 April 2017

De Silva's most successful first-class match was for Oxford University against Harlequins in 1927, when he scored 25 and 65.[4] He returned to Ceylon after graduating, and served in the Forest Department from 1927 to 1957. He was head of the department, with the title Conservator of Forests, from 1950 to 1957.[5][6]

References
  1. "First-class matches played by John de Silva". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. "John de Silva". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. Wisden 1983, p. 1244.
  4. "Oxford University v Harlequins 1927". Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  5. "Mr J. A. de Silva's Comments on Material from Pul Eliya", 1967.
  6. "Obituaries", The Cricketer, April 1982, p. 72.


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