The final game of Sri Lanka's 3 month tour of England, which included participation in the 1979 World Cup, was at Old Deer Park, Richmond. Richmond's captain at the time was the former Sri Lanka player David Heyn. A close game resulted in a 10 run win for the visitors. Richmond team: R Cameron, N Demery, D Heyn, M Stear, R Pearson, C Goldie, D Thomas, P Ray, M Grant, T Walrond, A Evans-Gordon. Sri Lanka: S Jayasinghe, S Jayasekera, R Dias, D Mendis, R Madugalle, S Pasqual, A Tennekoon, S Jeganathan, R Goonatilaka, R Wijesooriya, DLS De Silva. Umpires : D Pearson & R Burd. Spectator: F Neate (Snr).




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