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Royal skipper Thusan Amerasuriya and Kasun Bulathsinghala of Maris Stella took over the lead in the Observer-Bata Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and Most Popular Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year Contests after voting on coupon number 4.

Amerasuriya has so far polled 502 votes in the Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year and he displaced Anandian Eashan Abeysinghe who was the leader the previous week with 219 votes. Abeysinghe is presently second with 349 votes, while Thomian Upeka Fernando who was second last week, drops down to third position with 273 votes.

In the Outstation Contest, it was a home-and-home battle with Kasun Bulathsinghala of Maris Stella, Negombo displacing Ishan Mutalip Kasun who was fourth the previous week, has so far polled 300 votes to take top spot, while Mutaliph who was last week's leader is in second position with 161 votes, while Thushara Madanayake of Kingswood who was fourth comes into third place with 137 and Dushantha Ranatunga of Raddoluwa MV who was second last week, has dropped down to fourth position with 92 votes.

Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer

Coupon No. 4

1. Thusan Amerasuriya (Royal)                        502
2. Eashan Abeysinghe (Ananda)                        349
3. Upeka Fernando (S. Thomas' College)               273
4. Shanaka Caldera (S. Thomas' College)              206
5. Muditha Maduwantha (D.S. Senanayake College)      122
6. Gihan Fernando (S. Thomas' College)               101
7. A. Riyaz (Wesley College)                         56
8. Naren Ratwatte (S. Thomas' College)               38
9. Roshan de Silva (St. Joseph's College)            35
10. Kasun Jayaratne (St. Anthony's College, Kandy)   32

Weekly readers 1st prize of Rs. 500 to: M. L. M. Azver, 87, Ananda Rajakaruna Mawatha, Colombo 10.

Readers 2nd prize of Rs. 300 to: T. M. Foulstone, 100/2, Matagoda Road, Nayakakanda, Hendala, Wattala.

Most Popular Outstation Schoolboy Cricketer

Coupon No. 4

1. Kasun Bulathsinghala (Maris Stella College)      300
2. Ishan Mutaliph (Maris Stella College)            161
3. Thushara Madanayake (Kingswood College)          137
4. Dushantha Ranatunga (Raddoluwa MV)               92
5. Chanaka Wijesinghe (St. Sylvester's College)     25
6. D. M. Sampath (Kalutara Vidyalaya)               24
7. Umal Trandiba (St. Aloysius College)             11
8. Manjula Priyantha (Lumbini MV)                   10
9. S. Mendis (St. Anne's College)                   9
10. D. Samaraweera (Gurukula MV)                    8