Satyendra Coomaraswamy
Satyendra Coomaraswamy (1920 – 15 January 1988) was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer prior to his country being granted Test status.[1]
Coomaraswamy was born to Chellappah Coomaraswamy, a civil servant and later Senator and his wife Mankayatkarasi. Educated at Royal College Colombo where he played in the Royal-Thomian encounter. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played for the Tamil Union Club and made his début for Ceylon against the 1948 Australians, dismissing Harvey and Hamence with consecutive balls and finishing with four wickets.
Playing against Goddard's West Indians in 1948-49, he scored 6 and 35 in Ceylon's first match and 57 and 41 not out in the second, but his single wicket in the West Indians' two innings cost 164 runs. In 1949-50, he led Ceylon against Commonwealth XI, led by Bill Alley. In 1950 he led Tamil Union to the club championship and he was also Ceylon's champion at 100 yards.
Coomaraswamy was an honorary member of MCC and died on January 15, 1988. The Satyendra Coomaraswamy Memorial Prizes is award at Royal College Colombo in his memory for Cricket, Tennis and Athletic Coloursman qualifying to be a University science entrant.