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j> round granted by Government, about three miles 
from Calcutta, The Botanical Gardens are about 
balf-a-mile farther down the river. 
This College supplied some agents for work in 
Ceylon. Those who laboured well, steadily and 
faithfully in their day and generation and whose 
' ' task is o'er " were : — 
1 — Rev S Dias, Colonial Chaplain, All Saints'. 
2— Rev S Ondaatje, - Colonial Chaplain, St 
Thomas. 3— Rev h LaBrooy, Colonial Cliaplain, 
Jaffna. 4— Rev S Nicholas, Colonial C.iaplain, 
St Paul's. Pettah. Mr H F Muttukistna, Bar- 
rister-at-Law, Crown Counsel, Jaffna. Mr W 
Morgan, Advocate and Crown Counsel, Kandy. 
Mr Henricus de Saraiii, District Judge, Kegalle. 
MrP Muttukistna, Private Advocate, Batticaloa. 
Mr Henricus de Livera, Proctor, Colombo. 
The two now living are the Rev A Dias, ex- 
Chaplain of All Saints', and the writer of these 
lines ; we are both on the verge of our graves. 
Bishop Middleton died of " a stroke of the sun," on 
the 8th July, 1S22. A monament in all respects 
worthy of his exalted character and station has been 
erected to his memory in Sb Paul's Cathedral, 
London.— Yours truly, 
CUCULUS BCCLESfASTICUS. 
CRICKET IN DIMBULA AND DIKOYA: 
OVER THIRTY YEAES AGO. 
THE FIRST CLUB AND MATCHES. 
{See Photograph reproduced ivitli this Supplement.) 
Writing on 17th December froii» Monmouth- 
shire, Mr. Hiimphrej'' Humphreys, one of 
Dim hula's pioneers, and, perhaps, the first 
amateur photographer who appeared in 
Ceylon, sends us the following interesting 
notes : — 
" Some time ago I received a Ceylon Observer 
with the account of the Uimbula and Dikoya 
matches. I noticed that the first match that 
was played in Dikoya, at Darrawella, was not put 
in. J. Palerson was Captain and F. Byrde, who 
is still in Ceylon, was Secretary, aiid C. 
Fetherstonhaugli, Captain, and L. Kelly, 
Secretary for Dikoya. — 1 enclose you a small 
enlargement of one of the two pictures that I 
took of the two teams and the Pavilion. Oar 
ground was made the fcame year 1870. Lechmere 
Thomas, Grseme Elphinstone and I finding 
coolies, and a Tamil man, who afterwards looked 
after the ground, that I bad taught to use a spade, 
dug some turf. We found in a ravine in Radella 
and I laid it in the centre of the ground for the 
wickets to be pitched on, and it was standing well 
still, when I played on it the last time in 1884, 
The second match was played in 1871, R D 
Elphinstone, Captain ; and that also was now 
by Dimbnla, the chief score being got by W 
Saunders. — I was very much interested in your 
letters from India." 
The accompanying photograph is full of 
nterest, and we have had a half tone 
)lock made by Mr, Chas. H. Kerr to 
;nable us to print a Supplement which, 
we feel sure, will be appreciated by 
many upcountry and Colombo residents, 
and by old Ceylon colonists in Europe 
and elsewhere. It gives a very clear 
likeness of some 22 planters, we can 
scarcely say cricketers ; for, we ex- 
pect some at least, had scarcely ever 
handled the willow, before they were- 
called on to make up " an eleven " for 
Dimbula or Dikoya. Tlie Pavilion (of coir 
matting ?!) comes out well and the front row 
is flanked, right and left, by Mr. Humphrey 
Humphreys and the Secretary, Mr. Frank 
Byrde (still with us), both " bearded as the 
pard." Next to Byrde is seen the manly form 
of Lech mere Thomas; next, cultured and scienti- 
fic but asthmatic Heelis, jovial Vanderspar 
with his round face and fringe of be'<rd, 
"spider" C H Skrine, with L H Kelly alongside 
of the "Captain," Fetherstonhaugh, both look- 
ing very " fit" in their youthful maniy vigour, 
then came T C Anderson (not much with 
the willow" but manly enough), J C Roberts 
(still to the fore at home), " backbone " 
Skene and J G Palmer, afterwards killed 
through his horse slipping in crossing near 
Blackpool, Nuwara Eliya. Then in the 
back row, we find Giles Walker leaning 
on his bat, looking very spare, alert and 
juvenile; great Pillsworth (a six footer); laugh- 
ing .lock Paterson (the Dimbula "Captain,") 
" Daddie " Howard of Manikwatte, dour- 
lojking John Stronach, handsome Marshall of 
Blair Athol, curly-headed " Bees" Knight; 
John Tilly, bearded and head and shonlders 
above his fellows : and finally J Penny, a 
clever all-round athlete as well as a good 
swimmer and billiard player. There is only 
one face out of the twenty-two we cannot 
identify (even with the aid of such "v eterans 
as Messrs. Frank Byrde and W Somerville) 
or rather the name cannot be recalled, 
although the face is familiar enough. 
Mr. Humphreys includes " E. Edis " among 
some 12 names he gives ; but we do not 
recall this name among our e irly planters ? The 
photograph was, as Mr. Humphreys states, 
taken at Darrawella. One misses " Logie," but 
he seldom got caught in a group or in a 
cricket match, although his twm-brother 
" Btib "— the Baronet before him -captained 
the Dimbula team in 1871 and led it to 
victory. — As regards " Logie " 's athletic 
powers, R C Grant, still with us, will recall 
one year when— though he had gone into 
"training' — Logie, coming forward at the 
last moment, beat him in the long foot 
race ? ! Alas ! how few remain of the men 
of tnirty years ago, — the young planters 
who literally " r.ished " the hills and valleys 
of Dimbula and Dikoya, with the brightest 
anticipations of fortunes from " colfee," and 
at any rate with the fullest enjoyment of 
life in " the morrie greenwood," in watching 
the new clearings, living first in impromptu, 
and l^ter on in " pucka" bungalows. Of 
the 22 before us, we know that at least ten — 
Thomas, Heelis, Vanderspar, Kelly, Palmer, 
Anderson, Patterson, Stronach, Kn ght and 
Penny— have passed that bourne from 
which no traveller returns ; while we 
fear some more have to be added 
to the number ? We are thankful that ia 
Ceylon, F Byrde is still with us -the only 
one who continues an active planter— while at 
home, though still interesced in Ceylon, are 
Fetherstonhaugh, Walker, Tilly, Humphreys, 
Skene, beside Roberts and C H Skrine 
leaving Pillsworth, Howard,. Marshall and 
the un named one (? Edis) doubtfuli' 
