Eustace Lorenz Pereira (born 4 July 1939) is a Sri Lankan former first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Eustace Lorenz Pereira | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 July 1939 Colombo, Western Province, Ceylon | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1962–1963 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||
The son of E. O. E. Pereira, he was born at Colombo in July 1939. Pereira was educated at Royal College in Colombo, where he played for the college cricket team.[1] From there he travelled to England to study at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1962 and 1963, making one appearance against the Free Foresters in 1962 and Nottinghamshire in 1962.[3] He scored 11 runs in these matches, with a highest score of 8 not out.[4]
After graduating from Cambridge he returned to Sri Lanka, before emigrating to Australia where he worked for and Town and Country Planning Board in Victoria, eventually becoming a senior city planner in Melbourne. Amongst his achievements was the introduction of the retractable roof on the Rod Laver Arena.[5]
References
edit- ^ Pereira, Lorenz (6 June 2021). "The Making OF Daya Sahabandu (Bandu)". The Island. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ The Cambridge University List of Members for the Year 1998. 1998. p. 613. ISBN 9780521597623.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Lorenz Pereira". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Lorenz Pereira". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ Wijesinghe, Mahinda (24 April 2016). "Lorenz Pereira: So Multi-talented, So Royal... A Man to Follow". www.cricketique.live. Retrieved 26 January 2022.