John Albert "Bertie" de Silva (19 January 1901 – 30 November 1981) was a cricketer who played five matches of first-class cricket for Oxford University in England between 1924 and 1927 and three first-class matches for Dr J Rockwood's Ceylon XI in Ceylon between 1929 and 1930.
[1][2][3] De Silva's most successful first-class match was for Oxford University against Harlequins in 1927, when he scored 25 and 65.
[4] He returned to Ceylon after graduating.
He was head of the department, with the title Conservator of Forests, from 1950 to 1957.
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