Education
He graduated from the Staff College, Camberley and the Imperial Defence College.
He graduated from the Staff College, Camberley and the Imperial Defence College.
He was a former Commander of the Ceylon Army. Educated at Royal College, Colombo, he played for the cricket team at Royal College, debuting in 1930 and played in the Royal-Thomian. He played for the Ceylon cricket team and his most famous feat was getting Sir Donald Bradman out on his last appearance in Colombo, in an unofficial Test match between Australia and All-Ceylon on 27 March 1948.
Bradman was able to score only 20 runs before being caught out by R.L. de Kretser off Heyn"s bowling.
Heyn also played hockey and rugby. He joined the Ceylon Defence Force and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Ceylon Light Infantry before World World War World War II By the end of the war he was a Captain.
When the Ceylon Army was formed in 1949 he was commissioned as a Major in the regular force. In the early 1950s he took command of the Ceylon Light Infantry with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
The following year the then army commander was forced to retire and Colonel Arkansas Udugama was appointed as army commander, by passing the more senior Brigadier Heyn, even though Heyn wasn"t involved in the coup.
On 11 November 1966 Heyn was appointed Commander of the Ceylon Army and promoted to the rank of Major General. He held the post till his retirement on 30 September 1967. In his later years he managed the Sri Lanka cricket team and served as the head of the Cricket Board, as well as on the Sri Lanka Olympic Council.
In 1990, the Government of Sri Lanka awarded Heyn the title of Desabandu, the third highest Sri Lankan national honour, for meritorious service.
Richard represented Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) at Field Hockey and played Cricket at top-grade club level David represented Sri Lanka at Cricket and played Field Hockey at top-grade club level