Michael Roberts
THE SRI LANKAN PERSONNEL in the PHOTOGRAPH …. identified with aid from Mevan Pieris, Lam Seneviratne & Prakash Schaffter... with a few of the Australians identified in blue.
STANDING L-to-R: ………..16=Ravi Ratnayake; 17=Vinodhan John; 18=Rumesh Ratnayake; 19=Asantha De Mel; 20= Guy De Alwis; 21= DS De Silva; 22=Marlon Von Hagt; 23=Sunil Fernando; 24=Sidath Wettimuny; 25=Ranjan Madugalle; 26=Roshan Gunaratne or Anura Ranasinghe; 27= Arjuna Ranatunga;….. with Don Thomas (masseur) standing in front of him; 28= CEB Anthony or WAN de Silva; 29=HC Felsinger/or WAN Silva.
SEATED L-to-R: 1–Roy Dias; 2-Nuski Mohammed; 4-Chulaka De Zoysa; 5-Jayantha Paranathala; 6-Duleep Mendis; 7-Basil Rigg–The Manager of the Australian Team; 8-Gamini Dissanayake; 9-David Rutter–High Commissioner for Australia; 10-Greg Chappell; 11-Gamini Kannangara; 12-Chulaka De Zoysa; 13- Garry Sobers; 14-??; !5-??; 16-David Hookes.
A NOTE from Mevan Pieris: “I knew Chulaka de Zoysa very well and it was Chulaka de Zoysa who provided the gold coin that was used to toss in the first ever official test match. Both Chulaka and Gamini Kannangara were very close friends of Gamini Dissanaike.”
