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Hockey fans flocked and rocked getting what they wanted to see-by Dennis de Rosayro (This is the second installment in a series of articles on the number one hockey club BRC from 1932 to 2021) Source:Sundayobserver It was indeed the glory era that undoubtedly enabled the Burgher Recreation Club (BRC) to hold its position as the Number One hockey club. The others who significantly contributed were A.J. Rumy, Abdul Hamid, Muhalareen Jaldin, S. Manoraj, Kumar de Silva, Ananda de Silva and Shiran Massaron. From 1932 to 1964, the BRC and Tamil Union C & AC dominated the hockey scene and the 1953 Ceylon team to South India had seven and six players from the Tamil Union and BRC respectively. My idol Hugh Aldons could not make the trip due to Leave difficulties. However, he captained the 1957 team to South India. Significantly, two of Ceylon’s greatest players, A Mylvaganam from ...