S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia

Royal-Thomian Cricket Match

The Royal-Thomian is the annual cricket match between Royal College, Colombo, and S. Thomas' College, Mt Lavinia. It is the second longest uninterrupted cricket match series in the world and the first and oldest in Sri Lanka, even older than the Ashes cricket series, having been played for more than 140 years continuously. The original match was played between the Colombo Academy and S. Thomas' College, Mutwal, in 1879, with schoolmasters participating as well as schoolboys. From 1880 onwards, only schoolboys were allowed to play in the match. The match is played for the D.S. Senanayake Memorial Shield, which was first presented in 1928. From 1979 matches were played for 3 days except in 1985 which was a 2-day match. A limited overs match (50 overs) was introduced in 1975 and is played for the Mustangs Trophy.