A TALE from A Century back unearthed by PI Peiris of STC, Cambridge Uni and Ceylon Fame …. August 14, 2015 ·…….James Arthur Scharenguivel: A Thomian Captain who played Cricket for Scotland … RETRIEVED Today by Nick Van Der Hoeven
P. I. Peiris
A hundred and more years ago James Arthur Scharenguivel, ILLUSTRIOUS THOMIAN CAPTAIN OF 1898, from the prominent Scharenguivel family of Kalutara, played in and for Scotland soon after he left college. He became the FIRST CEYLONESE to play for a FOREIGN COUNTRY. So little is known about Scharenguivel, so little written about one who must have truly been one of our great cricketers and like so many others, an unsung hero.”
Among other interesting tales PI’s account has this note: “Dr .J. A. Scharenguivel became one of the leading cricketers in the Straits Settlements and did play against a visiting Australian side led by Monty Noble, (the then current and famous Captain of Australia) in November 1909 on the Singapore Padang. Unfortunately he failed to score in that match. The Singapore Matches had other players, N. E. Grenier, A. W. Beven and Martensz who surely must also have been Ceylonese.”
And Guess What: Scharenguivel lived to be 93 and died in Perth in 1975 after migrating there………….SEE ………………………………………. .. https://gw.geneanet.org/dmmason?lang=en&n=scharenguivel&p=james+arthur
