Stanley de Alwis

Stanley de Alwis (26 February 1936 – September 2019) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Ceylon between 1958 and 1960.

[1] An opening bowler, de Alwis took 4 for 20 on his first-class debut in the Gopalan Trophy match in 1957–58.

[2] He gave up sport in 1961 at the age of 25 after contracting hepatitis.

[3] He later worked at the Prisons Department and then at the People's Bank.

[4] He and his wife, who predeceased him by about 20 years, had two daughters.