Satyendra "Sathi" Coomaraswamy (1919 – 15 January 1988) was a

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n first-class

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er in the 1940s and 1950s. He represented

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in the days before it became Sri Lanka and attained

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status. Coomaraswamy was born to Chinnappah Coomaraswamy, a civil servant and later Senator and his wife Mankayatkarasi. He was educated at

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo also known as; Royal Colombo, Colombo Royal College or Colombo Royal) is a Single-sex education, boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started by Joseph Marsh (priest), Joseph Mar ...

, where he played in the

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encounter. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played for the Tamil Union Club and made his début for Ceylon in the one-day match against the 1948 Australians, dismissing

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and Ron Hamence with consecutive balls and finishing with four wickets. Playing against John Goddard's West Indians in 1948-49, he scored 6 and 35 in Ceylon's first match and 57 and 41 not out in the second, but his single wicket in the West Indians' two innings cost 164 runs.''

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'' 1989, p. 1157. In 1949-50 he toured Pakistan with the Ceylon team, captaining the team in one match. In 1950 and 1951 he led Ceylon in two matches against the Commonwealth XI. In 1950 he led Tamil Union to the club championship. Coomaraswamy won Ceylon's championship at the 100 yard sprint. He was an honorary member of MCC. The Satyendra Coomaraswamy Memorial Prize is awarded at Royal College in his memory for a cricket, tennis and athletic coloursman qualifying to be a university science entrant.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coomaraswamy, Satyendra 1920 births 1988 deaths People from Jaffna All-Ceylon cricketers Alumni of Royal College, Colombo People from British Ceylon Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lankan Tamil people Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Sri Lankan male sprinters