Burgher Recreation Club

Burgher Recreation Club
One-day name: Burgher Recreation Club
Founded: 1896
Home ground: Havelock Park
Premier Trophy wins: 1
Premier Limited Overs Tournament wins: nil
Inter-Provincial Twenty20 wins: nil

Burgher Recreation Club is a first-class cricket and hockey club based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

History

The club was founded on 26 December 1896 known as the Bambalapitya Recreation Club,[1] with membership restricted to the Burgher community. The first president was A. W. Raffel, the hon. secretary was O. H. Poppenback and the club captain was V. O. Wright.[2] The club won its first cricket match on 9 November 1901.

In 1902 the club moved from Bambalapitiya to Havelock Park. On 31 May 1915 the club changed its name to the Burgher Recreation Club.[2][3] In 1925 the club was adjudged cricket champions. In 1947 B. R. Heyn was appointed as the captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team.[3] In the 1950s the club opened its membership to the wider community. The club won its first P. Saravanamuttu Trophy in the 1955-56 season.

The club competed at first-class level in the Premier Trophy from 1988-89 to 2012-13, but lost its first-class status when the number of teams in the competition was reduced from 20 to 14 after the 2012-13 season. It is eligible for promotion back to first-class status, depending on its results in non-first-class competitions.

Current Cricket squad

Honours

Hockey Captains

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ Ferguson, Alistair MacKenzie (1968). Ferguson's Ceylon Directory. 110-112. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 1143.
  2. 1 2 Perera, S. S.; Muthiah, S (Ed) (1999). The Janashakthi Book of Sri Lanka Cricket, 1832-1996. Janashakthi Insurance. p. 74.
  3. 1 2 Bandara, Sampath (21 August 2009). "Burgher Recreation Club Website launched". Daily News. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

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