Roy Fredericks

Roy Clifton Fredericks (11 November 1942 – 5 September 2000) was a West Indian cricketer who played Test cricket from 1968 to 1977.

Roy Fredericks

Personal information
Full name	Roy Clifton Fredericks
Born	11 November 1942 East Bank, Berbice, British Guiana
Died	5 September 2000 (aged 57) New York City, United States
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Relations	3 daughters and 1 son
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 129)	26 December 1968 v Australia
Last Test	15 April 1977 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 3)	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

He was an opening batsman for the West Indies in both Test cricket and one day cricket, and made 4334 Test runs in a career spanning only nine years. ODIs were infrequent in Fredericks' time, and consequently he only appeared in 12 matches, making 311 runs.

At the first-class level, he represented Glamorgan Cricket Club in English domestic cricket and British Guiana and Guyana. He had a number of opening partners in the Test team before establishing a successful partnership with 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.

His highest Test score was 169 against Australia at Perth in 1975–76. After Australia had been dismissed early on the second day, in 90 minutes batting before lunch the West Indies scored 130 for 1 off 14 eight-ball overs, and after lunch Fredericks reached his century off only 71 balls, at the time the quickest ever. The West Indies won the match by an innings.[1][2]

In the inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup held in 1975, Fredericks became the first player in ODI history to be dismissed for being hit wicket and also became the first player to be dismissed for being hit wicket in World Cup history.[3]

Fredericks was nicknamed Freddo by those who knew him. He was an all-round sportsman and represented his country, Guyana, also in table tennis and squash.

Fredericks was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1974.

He was appointed Minister for Youth, Sport and Culture in Guyana in the Forbes Burnham regime.[4]

Death

In 1998, Fredericks underwent an operation for throat cancer. He returned to run cricket programmes for Guyana's Ministry of Youth, Sport and Culture, but had to go back to hospital.[5]

References

Notes

1. Wisden 1977, p.887.
2. "Fredericks WACA spectacular". SMH. AAP. December 18, 2009. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
3. "Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
4. "The Hindu : Scoring politically". Retrieved 2 December 2014.
5. "Roy Fredericks obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 8 September 2000. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

External links

• Roy Fredericks at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Roy Fredericks at ESPNcricinfo