Sri Lanka, Sept. 21 -- Royal College beat Kingswood College 3-2 in their annual Under-16 hockey encounter played for the Dr. Kathab Roshan Memorial Trophy at the Peradeniya University Grounds.
Royal won the trophy for the first time since 2019. Host Kingswood scored the first goal through a penalty corner with R. R. D. Thisal sounding the board. That helped the Kandy school to lead 1-0 at lemons.
After half time, Risaja Mahalla levelled the scores for the visitors at 1-1. However, T. Dananjaya of Kingswood scored a field goal to give a lead of 2-1 for the home team.
Royal's Seth Pathirana equalised before Vidu Wijesinghe scored another goal just before the final whistle to win the Trophy after a six year lapse.
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