| The late Roy Clifton Fredericks was an attacking | | | | innings. The highlight of his Test career coincided with |
| left-handed opener for Guyana and the West Indies | | | | his highest Test score. On a fast WACA pitch in |
| in the late 60s and early 70s. Towards the end of his | | | | Perth and against the might of Dennis Lillee and Jeff |
| Test career, the Guyanese opener was part of a | | | | Thompson, Fredericks scored 169 off 145 balls to |
| West Indian team that started to dominate cricket. | | | | help the West Indies to an innings victory over |
| He also had the distinction of winning the first World | | | | Australia. That match was their only Test victory on |
| Cup in 1975. Fredericks attacking instincts-particularly | | | | that 1975/76 tour as the Caribbean team lost 5-1. |
| against hostile fast bowling-is the stuff of cricket | | | | Although Fredericks was typically an attacking |
| legend. Long after his playing days were over, one | | | | batsman, he could stay at the crease for a long |
| can still hear remarks about his exploits. The opener's | | | | period as well. In a 1973 Test match against England |
| demolition of Lillee and Thompson at the famed | | | | at Birmingham, the opener faced 443 deliveries to |
| WACA Ground in Perth, Australia forms a significant | | | | score 150 runs. At First Class level, playing for |
| part of his legacy. | | | | Guyana, West Indies and Glamorgan, Fredericks |
| Born on November 11, 1942 in Berbice, Guyana, | | | | amassed 16,384 runs at an average of 45.89. He |
| Fredericks made his debut for Guyana as a 21 year | | | | scored 40 centuries and 80 half-centuries in 391 |
| old. His flamboyant stroke-play at the top of the | | | | innings at that level. |
| batting order earned Fredericks a Test debut in | | | | Fredericks managed to play 12 ODIs, since the |
| 1968-versus Australia at Melbourne. Although the | | | | shorter form of the game was not as common as it |
| West Indies lost that test match by an innings and | | | | is now. He played the eighth international one-day |
| 30 runs, the diminutive left-hander had a solid debut, | | | | game in history and the first for the West Indies in |
| scoring 76 and 47 runs in the first and second innings | | | | 1973. One of his memorable innings was not his |
| respectively. | | | | highest score of 105, but when he scored 7 against |
| Fredericks went on to play 59 Tests for the regional | | | | Australia at the Oval in the 1975 World Cup. In the |
| team between 1968 and 1977. He accumulated 4334 | | | | process of hooking Dennis Lillee, for a massive six, |
| runs at an average of 42.49. The Guyanese opener | | | | Fredericks' follow through on that violent hook hit the |
| scored eight centuries and 26 half-centuries in 109 | | | | stumps and he was out hit wicket. |