Neil Stanley Joseph (born 1906, date of death unknown) was a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n cricketer who played for All-Ceylon in the 1930s. In a one-day match against the touring Australians in 1930, he dismissed

Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ...

hit wicket with the first ball he bowled. Neil Joseph went to

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

. In 1925 he scored his first Royal-Thomian century, a superb 113 made in only 65 minutes. In 1926 he scored 133. His aggregate of 317 runs for the series stood unbeaten until 1957. He played eight first-class matches for Ceylon between 1932 and 1935. His highest score was 78 against MCC in 1933–34, when no one else for Ceylon in the match reached 30. He went on Ceylon's first tour, to India in 1932-33. He worked as a newspaper reporter.I. M. Mansukhani, "Ceylon Tour in India", '' The Cricketer'', Spring Annual, 1933, p. 75.

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D. W. L. Lieversz, ''My Recollections of Cricket at Royal From 1923 to 1929''
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