Presented by HSM Pieris
The photograph shows a section of the notable and distinguished academics of the Faculty of Science, University of Ceylon.
Seated (L to R) – Prof. (Mrs.) WPD Pereira, Prof. KD Arulpragasam, Prof. PPGL Siriwardane, Prof. S. Cruz, Prof. AW Mailwaganam, Mr. SJ Walpita, Prof. BA Abeyawickrama, Prof. V. Appapillai, Prof. MS Thambiah, Prof. P. Kanagasabapathy, Prof. GP Wannigama, Prof. PW Vithanage.
Standing (L to R) 1st Row – Prof. S. Balasubramaniam, Prof. MD Dassanayake, Prof. V. Tharmaratnam, Prof. GA Dissanayake, Prof. PCB Fernando, Prof. PW Epasinghe, Prof. C. Dahanayake, Prof. SG Canagaratna, Prof. RGA Rodrigo, Prof. JKP Ariyaratne, Prof. MLT Kannangara, Prof. HH Costa, Prof. AH Sathananthan.
2nd Row (L to R) – Prof. MR Kulatilake, Prof. HNC Fonseka, Prof. PD Gunatilake, Prof. HW Dias, Prof. VK Samaranayake, Prof. M. Selvaratnam, Prof. RS Ramakishna, Prof. WWD Modder, Prof. RN de Fonseka, Prof. I. Balasooriya, Prof. KOIF Jayaweera, Prof. OW Jayaratne.
Photograph Credit: Family photograph collection fromthe late Prof. B.A. Abeywickrama
Mevan Pieris … is a Thomian and Sri Lankan cricketer & a Science don ….
Mevan is the tallest guy in the back row of the 1975 Sri Lankan Cricketing Squad that toured England for the 1975 World Cup
Mevan Pieris & Dennis Chanmugam carry Duleep Mendia after he had been felled by Australian speedster Geoff Thomson at the Kennington Oval in London …. whle incoming batsman Anura Tennekoon looks on with heightened concerns
PS: It is perhaps more than happenchance that all four crickters in this photograph are Thomians…………………….
Also Note .…. https://thuppahi.wordpress.com/2020/02/28/the-cricketing-world-in-1975-glaring-anomalies/
