Background
Coomaraswamy was born to Chellappah Coomaraswamy, a civil servant and later Senator and his wife Mankayatkarasi.
Coomaraswamy was born to Chellappah Coomaraswamy, a civil servant and later Senator and his wife Mankayatkarasi.
Royal College, Colombo.
Educated at Royal College Colombo where he played in the Royal-Thomian encounter. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played for the Tamil Union Club and made his début for Ceylon against the 1948 Australians, dismissing Harvey and Hamence with consecutive balls and finishing with four wickets. Playing against Goddard"s West Indians in 1948-1949, he scored 6 and 35 in Ceylon"s first match and 57 and 41 not out in the second, but his single wicket in the West Indians" two innings cost 164 runs.
In 1949-1950, he led Ceylon against Commonwealth XI, led by Bill Alley.
The Satyendra Coomaraswamy Memorial Prizes is award at Royal College Colombo in his memory for Cricket, Tennis and Athletic Coloursman qualifying to be a University science entrant.
Coomaraswamy was an honorary member of Master Control Console and died on January 15, 1988.