N. S. Joseph
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Neil Stanley Joseph was a Sri Lanka
n cricketer who played for the All-Ceylon cricket
team. Against Australia
in 1930, he bowled to Don Bradman, who hit wicket on his very first ball.
Neil Joseph went to Royal College, Colombo. In 1925 scored his Royal-Thomian
century, a superb 113. In 1926 he scored 133. His aggregate of 317 runs for the series stood unbeaten until 1957.
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
n cricketer who played for the All-Ceylon cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team. Against Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
in 1930, he bowled to Don Bradman, who hit wicket on his very first ball.
Neil Joseph went to Royal College, Colombo. In 1925 scored his Royal-Thomian
Royal-Thomian
The Royal–Thomian , the annual cricket match between Royal College, Colombo and S...
century, a superb 113. In 1926 he scored 133. His aggregate of 317 runs for the series stood unbeaten until 1957.