Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva
Sri Lankan cricketer
About Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva
Lived 1933 – 2014 (aged 80–81). Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva was a Sri Lankan cricketer, colombo Municipal Council and kandy Municipal Council.
Dandeniya Hemachandra de Silva (5 November 1932 – 25 April 2014) was a Sri Lankan cricketer and senior local government official.
D.H. de Silva worked as the Charity Commissioner of the Colombo Municipal Council and later as the Municipal Commissioner of the Kandy Municipal Council. He also served as a cricket and tennis coach for the school children in Kandy district, before migrating to Australia. De Silva was the first cricket coach of the Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara. His younger brother Premachandra de Silva represented Ceylon and another younger brother, Somachandra de Silva, played Test cricket for Sri Lanka. Somachandra later became the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket. De Silva died on 25 April 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, at the age of 81.
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Who was Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva?
sri Lankan cricketer (1933-2014)
When was Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva born?
Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva was born in 1933 in Galle.
When did Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva die?
Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva died on 25 April 2014 in Melbourne.
What was Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva's occupation?
Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva was a cricketer, colombo Municipal Council and kandy Municipal Council.
What nationality was Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva?
Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva was Sri Lankan.
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