Burgher Recreation Club

The club was founded on 26 December 1896 known as the Bambalapitya Recreation Club,[2] with membership restricted to the Burgher community. The first president was A. W. Raffel, the hon. secretary was O. H. Poppenback and the club captain was V. O. Wright.[3] The club won its first cricket match on 9 November 1901.

In 1902 the club moved from Bambalapitiya to Havelock Park. On 31 May 1915 the club changed its name to the Burgher Recreation Club.[3][4] In 1925 the club was adjudged cricket champions. In 1947 B. R. Heyn was appointed the captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.[4] In the 1950s the club opened its membership to the wider community. The club won its first P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in the 1955–56 season.

The club competed at first-class level in the Premier Trophy from 1988–89 to 2012–13, but lost its first-class status when the number of teams in the competition was reduced from 20 to 14 after the 2012–13 season. It is eligible for promotion back to first-class status, depending on its results in non-first-class competitions.

• 1955–56 – P Saravanamuttu Trophy

These players featured in matches for Burgher Recreation Club in 2019/20.[5]

Players with international caps are listed in bold

No	Name	Nat	Age	Batting style	Bowling style
Batsmen
7	Raminda Wijesooriya		25	Left-handed	–
9	Lasith Lakshan		27	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
54	Bhanuka Rajapaksa		32	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
–	Nisal Francisco		26	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Shanuka Dulaj		28	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Shehan Nissanka		29	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
All-rounders
40	Hashen Ramanayake (Captain)		28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Wicket-keepers
14	Deshan Dias		31	Left-handed	–
–	Lisula Lakshan		28	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
36	Kevin Koththigoda		25	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break
–	Sohaibullah		27	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast
–	Malindu Shehan		29	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
34	Tharindu Kaushal		30	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break
–	Chameera		27	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Duvindu Tillakaratne		27	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Mohamed Shiraz		28	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

• E. D. KELAART 1924
• A. L. KELLY 1928
• W. L. METZELING 1929–30
• CARL KELAART 1931
• V. S. De KRETSER 1932
• D. O. PEREIRA 1933–34
• F. WRIGHT 1935–41
• R. H. ALDONS 1942–43
• Q. WRIGHT 1944–45
• Dr. R. H. ALDONS 1946
• Q. WRIGHT 1947
• Dr. R. H. ALDONS 1948–49
• W. F. De ZYLVA 1950
• E. C. KELAART 1951
• H. C. ALDONS 1951–52
• V. S. De KRETSER 1952–53
• ERIC ALDONS 1954
• B. D. BROWN 1955
• J. C. De KRETSER 1956
• R. I. BARTELS 1957
• E. C. KELAART 1958
• J. C. De KRETSER 1959
• Denis De ROSAYRO 1960
• MALCOM ALDONS 1961
• D. HARVIE 1962–63
• J. C. De KRETSER 1964
• D. PEIRIS 1965
• RICHARD HEYN 1966–67
• SAM ABEYASEKERA 1968
• G. H. JAYATISSA 1969
• S. GALAGAMA 1972
• B. M. R. PREENA 1974
• A. K. H. PREENA 1975
• J. M. JHAN 1976
• S. SERASINGHE 1977
• A. M. FAWZIE 1978
• A. J. RUMY 1979
• M. F. RAZEEN 1980
• L. WIJESEKERA 1981
• M. I. SAHABDEEN 1982
• S. H. M. M. HALLAJ 1983
• S. H. M. KUTHUBDEEN 1984
• S. H. U. KARNAIN 1985
• A. SILVA 1986

• Ishara Amerasinghe
• Chinthaka Jayasinghe
• Lanka de Silva
• B. R. Heyn
• Jayantha Paranathala
• Nuwan Pradeep
• Anura Ranasinghe
• Andy Solomons
• Sajeewa Weerakoon

• Burgher Recreation Club at CricketArchive
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