Nationality Australian Other names DH, Hema | Name Dandeniya De Role Cricket Player | |
Full Name Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva Born 5 November 1932 Galle, Sri Lanka Died 2014 (aged 1931–1932)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Occupation Municipal Commissioner, Kandy Municipal Council, previously Assistant Charity Commissioner and subsequently Charity Commissioner, Colombo Municipal Council Known for Cricket, Community Development | ||
Dandeniya Hemachandra De Silva (5 November 1932 - 25 April 2014) was a Sri Lankan cricket player. Commonly known as D.H. de Silva, he was educated at Mahinda College, Galle and at the University of Peradeniya. He captained both his school cricket team and the university cricket team, before representing Nomads Sports Club and Sinhalese Sports Club in Sri Lankan first class cricket. He was a founding member of the Nomads Sports club and is a former captain of the Nomads cricket team.
D.H. de Silva worked as the Charity Commissioner of the Colombo Municipal Council and later as the Municipal commissioner of the Kandy Municipal Council. He also served as a cricket and tennis coach for the school children in Kandy district, before migrating to Australia. De Silva was the first cricket coach of the Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara. His younger brother Premachandra de Silva represented Ceylon and his youngest brother Somachandra de Silva played Test cricket for Sri Lanka. Somachandra later became the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket. De Silva died on April 25, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia at the age of 82.