Birth of the hard-hitting West Indian left-hander Roy Fredericks
1942
Dashing openers are ten-a-penny in the modern age, but in the days when
openers blocked and middle-order batters attacked,the West Indian
left-hander Roy Fredericks, who was born today, was a revelation.
His blistering 169 against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson
on a Perth flyer in 1975-76 was one of the most audacious innings
ever played in a Test, and though Fredericks was only 5ft 6in tall,
he gave the ball a fearful whack
1942
Dashing openers are ten-a-penny in the modern age, but in the days when
openers blocked and middle-order batters attacked,the West Indian
left-hander Roy Fredericks, who was born today, was a revelation.
His blistering 169 against Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson
on a Perth flyer in 1975-76 was one of the most audacious innings
ever played in a Test, and though Fredericks was only 5ft 6in tall,
he gave the ball a fearful whack