Roy Fredericks

Roy Fredericks

Personal information
Full name	Roy Clifton Fredericks
Born	11 November 1942(1942-11-11) East Bank, Berbice, Guyana
Died	5 September 2000(2000-09-05) (aged 57) New York, United States
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut	26 December 1968 v Australia
Last Test	15 April 1977 v Pakistan
ODI debut	5 September 1973 v England
Last ODI	16 March 1977 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1963–1983	Guyana
1971–1973	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	59	12	223	68
Runs scored	4,334	311	16,384	1,644
Batting average	42.49	25.91	45.89	24.17
100s/50s	8/26	1/1	40/80	2/9
Top score	169	105	250	119
Balls bowled	1,187	10	5,295	178
Wickets	7	2	75	7
Bowling average	78.28	5.00	37.94	16.57
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0	0	0
Best bowling	1/12	2/10	4/36	3/5
Catches/stumpings	62/–	4/–	177/–	33/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 17 October 2010

Roy Clifton Fredericks (11 November 1942, Blairmont, British Guiana – 5 September 2000, New York, U.S.) was a West Indian cricketer who played from 1968 to 1977.

He was an opening batsman for the West Indies in both Test cricket and one day cricket, and made 4334 in a career spanning only nine years. ODIs were not very popular in Fredericks' time, and subsequently he only appeared in 12 matches, making 311 runs.

At the county level, he represented Glamorgan in English domestic cricket and, at the national level, British Guiana and Guyana. He also represented the West Indies. He emerged as a batsman who solved the West Indian selectors dilemma about a reliable opening partnership that was settled by himself and Gordon Greenidge in the mid-1970s. He was an aggressive batsman who liked to counterattack fast bowlers, but also was capable as a traditional accumulator of runs also. His highest innings score was 169 against Australia.

Fredericks was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1974.

He was appointed the minister of Sport in Guyana in the Forbes Burnham regime. [1]

References

• Roy Fredericks cricinfo page