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[[Colonel]] '''Thomas Yates Wright''' (1869–1964) was a British planter, who was a cricketer and legislator in [[Ceylon]]. He was a tea planter and served in the [[Legislative Council of Ceylon]] and the [[Senate of Ceylon]].<ref>[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/03/27/fea40.asp From LPs to cassettes – a trail of music]</ref> |
[[Colonel]] '''Thomas Yates Wright''' (1869–1964) was a British planter, who was a cricketer and legislator in [[Ceylon]]. He was a tea planter and served in the [[Legislative Council of Ceylon]] and the [[Senate of Ceylon]].<ref>[http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/03/27/fea40.asp From LPs to cassettes – a trail of music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201055234/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2011/03/27/fea40.asp |date=1 December 2014 }}</ref> |
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Born in [[Lancashire]], Wright went to Ceylon in 1889 as a planter. He was an all-round sportsman, playing cricket, Rugby football, hockey and polo. He represented Matale and Kandy Sports Club at cricket and played for the Up-Country XI from 1893 to 1919. He represented [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|All Ceylon]] in several matches in the 1890s.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228442.html Obituaries in 1964]</ref> He was the founding President of Ceylon Athletic Association<ref>[http://www.srilankaathletics.com/H2%20Presidents%20Secretaries.html ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA, THE LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES (1922–2012)]</ref> |
Born in [[Lancashire]], Wright went to Ceylon in 1889 as a planter. He was an all-round sportsman, playing cricket, Rugby football, hockey and polo. He represented Matale and Kandy Sports Club at cricket and played for the Up-Country XI from 1893 to 1919. He represented [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|All Ceylon]] in several matches in the 1890s.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228442.html Obituaries in 1964]</ref> He was the founding President of Ceylon Athletic Association<ref>[http://www.srilankaathletics.com/H2%20Presidents%20Secretaries.html ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OF SRI LANKA, THE LIST OF PRESIDENTS AND SECRETARIES (1922–2012)]</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:50, 29 June 2018
Colonel Thomas Yates Wright (1869–1964) was a British planter, who was a cricketer and legislator in Ceylon. He was a tea planter and served in the Legislative Council of Ceylon and the Senate of Ceylon.[1]
Born in Lancashire, Wright went to Ceylon in 1889 as a planter. He was an all-round sportsman, playing cricket, Rugby football, hockey and polo. He represented Matale and Kandy Sports Club at cricket and played for the Up-Country XI from 1893 to 1919. He represented All Ceylon in several matches in the 1890s.[2] He was the founding President of Ceylon Athletic Association[3]
From 1920 to 1925 he was a member of the Legislative Council and was appointed to the Senate of Ceylon in 1947. He owned the Mahakande Estate in which he built a bungalow in 1939 which is now known as Gal Bangalawa. He wrote the book Ceylon in My Time, 1889–1949 in 1951.[4]
References
External links
- Thomas Wright at CricketArchive