The son of Wilfred and Evelyn de Soysa, he was born at Colombo in June 1917. He was educated in Colombo at Royal College, captaining the school in a five match tour of Australia, which was the first time a school team from Ceylon had toured abroad. He later studied in England at Oriel College at the University of Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Yorkshire at Oxford in 1938. He made three further appearances in 1938 for Oxford, before making a final appearance in 1939 against the combined Minor Counties cricket team.[2] While at Oxford, he toured Jamaica with a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team, making two first-class appearances against Jamaica.[2] For Oxford University, de Soysa scored 241 runs at an average of 26.77 and with a high score of 67.[3] The influence of Frank Woolley on his batting was noted, particularly his late cuts and driving.[1]
After graduating from Oxford, he returned to Ceylon where he coached the Royal College XI.[1] de Soysa made a final first-class appearance for All-Ceylon against India at Colombo.[2] For many years he worked for the family tea, rubber and coconut exporting business.[4] He became president of the Singhalese Sports Club in 1997, then a team with first-class status, but had to step down the following year due to ill health.[1] de Soysa died at Colombo in January 2002. His elder brother was Harold de Soysa, the first Ceylonese Anglican Bishop of Colombo.
Referencesedit
^ abcd"Wisden - Obituaries in 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^ abc"First-Class Matches played by Ryle de Soysa". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^"First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ryle de Soysa". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
^Foreign Commerce Weekly. Vol. 32–33. U.S. Department of Commerce. 1948. p. 13.
ryle, soysa, gahmini, ryle, johannes, soysa, june, 1917, january, 2002, lankan, first, class, cricketer, personal, informationfull, namegahmini, ryle, johannes, soysaborn21, june, 1917colombo, western, province, british, ceylondied13, january, 2002, 2002, aged. Gahmini Ryle Johannes de Soysa 21 June 1917 13 January 2002 was a Sri Lankan first class cricketer Ryle de SoysaPersonal informationFull nameGahmini Ryle Johannes de SoysaBorn21 June 1917Colombo Western Province British CeylonDied13 January 2002 2002 01 13 aged 84 Colombo Western Province Sri LankaBattingLeft handedBowlingLeg break googlyDomestic team informationYearsTeam1938 1939Oxford University1944 45CeylonCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 8Runs scored 314Batting average 20 93100s 50s 2Top score 67Balls bowled 32Wickets 2Bowling average 7 505 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling 2 15Catches stumpings Source Cricinfo 29 May 2020The son of Wilfred and Evelyn de Soysa he was born at Colombo in June 1917 He was educated in Colombo at Royal College captaining the school in a five match tour of Australia which was the first time a school team from Ceylon had toured abroad He later studied in England at Oriel College at the University of Oxford 1 While studying at Oxford he played first class cricket for Oxford University making his debut against Yorkshire at Oxford in 1938 He made three further appearances in 1938 for Oxford before making a final appearance in 1939 against the combined Minor Counties cricket team 2 While at Oxford he toured Jamaica with a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team making two first class appearances against Jamaica 2 For Oxford University de Soysa scored 241 runs at an average of 26 77 and with a high score of 67 3 The influence of Frank Woolley on his batting was noted particularly his late cuts and driving 1 After graduating from Oxford he returned to Ceylon where he coached the Royal College XI 1 de Soysa made a final first class appearance for All Ceylon against India at Colombo 2 For many years he worked for the family tea rubber and coconut exporting business 4 He became president of the Singhalese Sports Club in 1997 then a team with first class status but had to step down the following year due to ill health 1 de Soysa died at Colombo in January 2002 His elder brother was Harold de Soysa the first Ceylonese Anglican Bishop of Colombo References edit a b c d Wisden Obituaries in 2002 ESPNcricinfo Retrieved 29 May 2020 a b c First Class Matches played by Ryle de Soysa CricketArchive Retrieved 29 May 2020 First class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ryle de Soysa CricketArchive Retrieved 29 May 2020 Foreign Commerce Weekly Vol 32 33 U S Department of Commerce 1948 p 13 External links editRyle de Soysa at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ryle de Soysa amp oldid 1187003923, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
