Rajans win big match

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen Kandy Sports corr.

Dharmaraja College, Kandy won their inaugural big match against Sri Sumangala College, Kandy, when they trounced them by five goals to nil in their soccer match for the 'Past Footballers of Sri Sumangala and Dharmaraja trophy' soccer match played at the Bogambara Stadium in Kandy. At half time Rajans led 3-0.

Sri Sumangala College though beaten by a very convincing margin were not disgraced as they fielded a virtually under 17 side for this match which was played for the first time.

In fact Rajans should have played their traditional rivals Kingswood College in a big clash of this nature but the latter had declined to play and Sri Sumangala had filled the breach and this clash will be an annual one for this trophy.

Rajans scored their goals through centre forward Kanishka Kumara (2), centre forward L.D. Thanthrige (1), left extreme H.M. Bandara (1), and centre half Dulaj Weerasinghe (1).

President of the Sri Lanka Schools Football Association S.M. Keerthiratne was the Chief Guest and he distributed the awards to players and officials.

K. Ravindran refereed