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Inaugural Cricket Encounter St. John’s & S. Thomas’ OBA’s Sydney Classics battle between S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia and St. John’s College Jaffna 25th April 2021 Source:Stcobasydney Few weeks ago on a beautiful Autumn Sunday morning, history was made at a suburban Sydney ground in Glenorie where the inaugural Joanians versus Thomian annual encounter took place. A special mention is due to the Opens captains Anuk & Marino who were instrumental in organising this encounter. The Classics game was played for the Anton John Chandiah Selvaratnam Shield aptly named after an old boy of St John’s College Jaffna who was the Warden of S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia from 1965-70. The two skippers got the match underway by 9am when the Joanian skipper Anton won the toss and elected to bat when the Thomian skipper Indrajith (Indy) Gunawardhana’s called it wrong. Both camps were ecstatic with the result of the ...