Ananda in 21-6 win over Vidyartha

S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen, Kandy Sports Correspondent

Ananda College, Colombo rubbed salt into the wounds of of Vidyartha College when they inflicted the ninth successive defeat on their opponents when they beat them by 21 points (3 tries, 1 penalty, 1 drop goal) to 6 (2 penalties) in the first leg of the 41st William Gopallawa Shield rugby encounter played at Nittawela yesterday. At half time Anandians were ahead leading 11-6.

This was one of the worst ever rugby seasons by Vidyartha as they lost all their Singer Shield Division One Segment 'A' tournament matches.

Ananda College scored their tries through centre Nimesh Chathuranga (1), Winger Ishan Samitha (1) and hooker Eric Balasuriya (1). Centre Lahiru Gurusinghe executed the drop goal while the penalty was put over by lock Charith Mapatuna.

For Vidyartha flanker S. Sameera put over two penalties.

A. Rankothge refereed.