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Channa Gunasekera interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/97
Date:
2007-11
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 16 minutes 37 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Channa Gunasekera, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 5 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-2:42] Gunasekera talks about his father playing for Middlesex and being selected by Pelham Warner, [2:43-3:38] Gunasekera talks about his father being asked by MCC to arrange English and Australian tours to Sri Lanka, [3:39-4:16] Gunasekera talks about when his father was born and died and being the father of Sri Lankan cricket, [4:17-5:03] Gunasekera talks about his memories of his father and missing out on watching him play.

Track 2: [0:00-0:36] Gunasekera talks about his father’s fielding along with Learie Constantine and Patsy Hendren, [0:37-1:40] Gunasekera talks about playing for Sri Lanka, [1:41-2:48] Gunasekera talks about his and his father’s initials and playing against C K Nayudu, [2:49-4:41] Gunasekera talks about the improvement in Sri Lankan cricket and his written thesis on how Sri Lanka will conquer the world.

Track 3: [0:00-1:24] Rayvern Allen talks about a scrapbook kept by Gunasekera and reads out brief biography on him in the Daily Mirror.

Track 4: [0:00-2:42] Rayvern Allen and Gunasekera talk about Joseph Durham porcelain figures, [2:43-4:34] Rayvern Allen and Gunasekera talk about his scrapbook.

Track 5: [0:00-0:54] Gunasekera briefly talks about Bill Greswall, Jon Rockwood and George and George Vanderspar.


A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations
Channa Hemasiri Gunasekera
David Rayvern Allen
Churchill Hector Gunasekara
Learie Nicholas Constantine
Elias Henry Hendren
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu
William Territt Greswell
Dr John Rajathurai Rockwood
George Augustus Hunter Vanderspar
Subject
Sri Lankan cricket, cricket in Sri Lanka
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 16 minutes 37 seconds
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