Royal's first Bradby winning captain no more

by Hafiz Marikar

Royal College's first Bradby Shield winning captain Ashroff Ashey Cader passed away in Australia at the age of 85. Cader was a top class front row forward and played in 1947 under N.W. Karunaratne the year Royal lost the Bradby in the first leg.

In 1948 under the captaincy of Cader. Royal won the Bradby for the first time at Police Park, Bambalapitiya.

The first Bradby winning Royal team was made up of T. S. Anghie, D.A.Vantwest, A. Anghie, A. Goonawardene, L. Panditharathne, D.R.Perera, S.D.N Hapugalle, B. Sivaratnam, T. Armugam, A.E. Batholomuesz, D.E. Fonseka,G.T. Primpanayagam, D.Samarasinghe, G.C. Weinman and Ashley Cader.

Cader later led CR and FC in 1958 and 1959 and won the Clifford Cup in both years.

He coached S.Thomas' College when they first played the game.