Marlon at the helm again
Nondescript Cricket Club (NCC) with a proud record of 127 years held its 128th Annual General Meeting at the club pavilion on Friday.
Popularly known as NCC this club’s contribution to Ceylon and Sri Lanka cricket is enormous. From the year of the club’s establishment NCC had won every major cricket tournament conducted by the then Board of Control for cricket in Sri Lanka and the present Sri Lanka Cricket.
It was under the leadership of Michael Tissera of NCC that the island defeated strong cricketing nations of India and Pakistan as a non-test playing nation. These victories opened the gates for Sri Lanka to gain test status backed up by India and Pakistan. Cricketers in the caliber of Carl Obeysekera, Vernon Prins, Stanley Jayasinghe, Clive Inman, Dr. H.I.K. Fernando, Yatagama Amaradasa, Michael Tissera, David Heyn, Ranjan Madugalle, Aravinda De Silva and most recently the legendary Kumara Sangakkara and Dinesh Chandimal to name a few represented NCC took Sri Lanka to be reckoned internationally as a leading cricket playing nation.
Apart from cricket other sports at NCC were Rugger, Tennis and swimming. It is little known fact that NCC is having a proud record in Rugger in the early days. NCC was one of the first clubs to play rugger in Ceylon. It was from the NCC Rugger XV that the Ceylonese Rugby and Football Club (CR&FC) was formed.
The following office bearers were elected for the year 2017/18:
President: Marlon Ranasinghe, Vice Presidents: Gladwyn Anandappa, Lalith Ganlath, Suwan Perera, General Secretary: Peter Jayasinghe, Asst. General Secretary: Rukshan Wickremasinghe, Treasurer: Senaka Obeysekera, Asst. Treasurer: Nadun Fernando, Cricket Secretary: Hashan Tillakaratne, Bar Secretary: Dewaka De Silva, Swimming Secretary: Laurence Rathnasabapathy, Tennis Secretary: Kuvadas Rajkumar, Billiards Secretary: Ranjan Paiva, Badminton/Gym Secretary: Rohan Ratnayake, Social/Pavilion Secretary: Chandrika Liyanage, Asst. Social/Pavilion Secretary: Hemantha Rodrigo, Ground Secretary: Thilina K. Siriwardene, Committee Members: Marlon Fernando, Pinsiri Fernando, Nishantha Kotalawala, Nominated Past Presidents: Ranjith Fernando, Lesley Hewage, Immediate Past President: Lucky Fernandez