The Dharmaraja–Kingswood Cricket Encounter is a cricket match between Dharmaraja College Kandy and Kingswood College, Kandy . It is the longest cricket match series in the central province, Sri Lanka, having been played for 106 years.It is also known as the "Battle of the Maroons" in public. The first match was played in 1893, with Dharmaraja College team captained by the great educationist, later Sir Don Baron Jayathilake, who was the principal of Dharmaraja at that time
