evidence: Percy Abeysekera has passed away recently …. carrying the Sri Lankan flag and reams of cricketing memories with him to an abode in the skies: memories that encompassed at least 70-72 years of cricketing cheer. Yes, that long a span. To me, Percy was first and foremost, an Aloysian. When I joined the St. Aloysius cheering squad as a 14-to-16 year old at the Galle Esplanade during our cricketing matches against Richmond, Mahinda and other schools, Percy was one of our cheerleaders. So, his patriotism and his crazy cricketing virtuosity was nurtured in Galle …. at our school. [...] So, dwell ….. and reflect on this photo. Mark the fact that Gamini Dissanayake was obliterated by a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber on 24th October 1994;[1] while the other figure in this picture, Sujeeva Kamalasuriya was swallowed whole at Unawatuna beach by the massive tsunami of 26th December 2004. Thus. Percy outlived both by a considerable span of time. Such is life. Percy lived life to the full. For Ceylon and Sri Lanka. For its cricketing squads he did so amiably; with spirit; with repartee…. AND with energy. In his early days he sometimes sprinted around the field whenever our batsmen hit a boundary. Indeed, in his younger days he did so with remarkable energy. What FERVOUR! What SPIRIT!