[3] Also in 1949 he joined the Lake House newspaper group where he ended up as the sports editor of the Sunday Observer.

[4] He served as sports editor of the Sunday Observer from 1953 to 1972, and coached the cricket team at Trinity College, Kandy, from 1971 to 1976.

He then moved to the United Kingdom, where he worked for 10 years as a clerk for the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

[4] He coached several players who went on to represent Sri Lanka, including Anura Tennekoon and the brothers Sunil, Mithra and Sidath Wettimuny.

[8] The father of the Wettimuny brothers built Sri Lanka's first indoor cricket nets, then handed them over to Wijesinha on the condition that he coach his sons.