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Satyendra Coomaraswamy

1920 – 1988

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Lived 1920 – 1988 (aged 67–68). Satyendra Coomaraswamy was a Sri Lankan cricketer.

Satyendra "Sathi" Coomaraswamy (1919 – 15 January 1988) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer in the 1940s and 1950s. He represented Ceylon in the days before it became Sri Lanka and attained Test status.

Coomaraswamy was born to Chinnappah Coomaraswamy, a civil servant and later Senator and his wife Mankayatkarasi. He was educated at Royal College, Colombo, where he played in the Royal-Thomian encounter. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played for the Tamil Union Club and made his début for Ceylon in the one-day match against the 1948 Australians, dismissing Neil Harvey and Ron Hamence with consecutive balls and finishing with four wickets.

Playing against John Goddard's West Indians in 1948-49, he scored 6 and 35 in Ceylon's first match and 57 and 41 not out in the second, but his single wicket in the West Indians' two innings cost 164 runs. In 1949-50 he toured Pakistan with the Ceylon team, captaining the team in one match. In 1950 and 1951 he led Ceylon in two matches against the Commonwealth XI. In 1950 he led Tamil Union to the club championship.

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Born
1920, Jaffna
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Education
Royal College, Colombo
Also known as
Sathyendra Coomaraswamy

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Who was Satyendra Coomaraswamy?

cricketer (1920-1988)

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Satyendra Coomaraswamy was born in 1920 in Jaffna.

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Satyendra Coomaraswamy died on 15 January 1988 in Colombo.

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Satyendra Coomaraswamy was a cricketer.

What nationality was Satyendra Coomaraswamy?

Satyendra Coomaraswamy was Sri Lankan.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Satyendra Coomaraswamy

· Wikidata: Q16018714

· DBpedia: Sathyendra Coomaraswamy

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