Mahinda College - Lovers' Quarrel

Lovers' Quarrel, also known as Mahinda - Richmond big match is an annual cricket match played between the first XI cricket teams of Mahinda College and Richmond College, Galle. The contest was started in the year 1905 under principals Rev. James Horne Darrel of Richmond College and Frank Lee Woodward of Mahinda College. Out of the big matches played up to now, Mahinda College has won 23 encounters while Richmond College has won 21. Lovers Quarrel was last won by Mahinda College in the 2008 encounter, having broken a 30 year long deadlock of draws since 1978. Mahinda College also has been the first school in Sri Lanka to webcast their cricket big match.