FC De Saram in His Prime

F. C. De Saram, Cricketer Extraordinary 

  FC de Saram pulling during he course of his century for Oxford University against the touring Australian team at “The Parks” in Oxford in the mi-1930s

… and prior to that we see him as Captain of the Royal College cricket team in 1931

. and then as an officer in military service during World War II and its aftermath

AND, skipping a tumultuous two decades watching cricket and puzzling over a scenario at his beloved SSC grounds in the mid-late 1960s

a pensive FC analysing events at a cricket match–Pix by Chandi Chanmugam

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