Kingswood inflict heavy defeat on Ananda

by S.M. Jiffry ABDEEN - Kandy Sports Corr.

Kingswood College, Kandy notched up the highest score of the day when they beat Ananda College by 41 points (3 goals, 4 tries) to nit at the all island schools under Division I 12-a-side rugby tournament organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Rugby Football Association which began at the Nittawela Stadium in Kandy yesterday. The tournament will be continued today at 8.00 a.m.

The Secretary of the S.L.S.R.F.A. Denzil Darling said that the shield final will start at 3.30 p.m. today followed by Bowl, Plate and Cup final which will be played 5.00 p.m.

The teams which have entered the cup quarter finals are Royal College, St. Anthony's College, Kingwood College, Dharmaraja College, St. Peters College, S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Trinity College and Isipathana College.The Plate Championship will be fought out between Mahanama College, St. Joseph's College, Science College, Thurstan College, Vidyartha College, Lumbini Vidyalaya, St. Sylvesters' College and Wesley College.

The Bowl Championship will feature D.S. Senanayake College, Carey College, Ananda College, S. Thomas' College, Prep. Maliyadeva College,

Royal College, Panadura and C.W.W. Kannangara Vidyalaya have entered the final of the Shield Championship.

Finishing as group leaders were:

Group A - Royal College, Group B - St. Anthony's College, Group C - Kingswood College, Group D - Dharmaraja College, Group E - St. Peters' College, Group F - S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, Group G - Trinity College, Group H - Isipathana College.

The results of the matches played yesterday are:

Royal beat D.S. Senanayake 10-0, St. Anthony's beat Carey 19-0, St. Josephs' beat C.W.W. Kannangara MMV 17-0, Kingswood beat Science 17-12, Dharmaraja beat S. Thomas' Prep 26-0, Thurstan beat Royal, Panadura 17-0, St. Peters' beat Maliyadeva 34-0, Trinity beat Lumbini Vidyalaya 27-0, Isipathana beat St. Sylvester's 14-0, Mahanama beat D.S. Senanayaka 5-0, St. Anthony's drew with C.W.W. Kannangara MMV 0-0, St. Joseph's beat Carey College 17-0, Science College beat Ananda 31-0, Dharmaraja beat Royal, Panadura 19-0, Thurstan drew with S. Thomas' Prep 0-0, Wesley beat Maliyadeva 25-0, Royal beat Mahanama 19-0, St. Anthony's beat St. Joseph's 7-0, Carey beat C.W.W. Kannangara MMV 7-0, Kingswood beat Ananda 41-0, Dharmaraja beat Thurstan 36-0, S. Thomas' Prep beat Royal, Panadura 7-0, St. Peters' beat Wesley 10-0.

St. Benedict's beat Nalanda, St. Anne's, Prince of Wales failed to turn up for the tournament.