Royan Fredericks set to join a celebrate group

Jun 23, 2008 Sports

Essequibo batsman Royan Fredericks, who has been selected for the Guyana team to contest the Regional under-19 Championship in Barbados next month, is set to join a long list of Guyanese siblings who have proudly represented the land of many waters at the Regional under-19 levels since 1976.

Royan will join his older brother Norman who played in the 2005 championship in St Vincent & the Grenadines.

The trend started in 1967 with the Kallicharran brothers Stanley, Alvin and later Derrick (1975, 1976 and 1977).

Here is a list of other Guyanese brothers who represented Guyana in Regional under-19 cricket:
Keith and Julian Aaron
Reginald and Tyrone Etwaroo
Gopie and Vinoo Beasmonie
Mirza and Nabbie Hussein
Mark and Roger Harper
Roger and Garfield Charles
Anil and Vinoo Solomon
Robert and David Fingal
Stanley, Michael and Andy Chinsammy
Peter and Paul Persaud
Barrington and Robin Browne
Mahendra and Vishal Nagamootoo
Zaheer and Azeemul Haniff
Hemnarine, Sewnarine and Ramnarine Chattergoon
Calvin and Cleon Belgrave
Esaun and Royston Crandon
Rovendra and Shivnandan Madholall
Assad and Abdel Fudadin
Feroze Khan and Imran Khan Hussein
Rabindranauth and Shivnauth Seeram
Errol, Colin and Andrew Jackman
Gregory and Kevin Edwards

Brothers with centuries in Regional under-19 cricket for Guyana:
Colin Jackman 132 vs Combined Islands Victoria Park Castries St. Lucia 1973
Andrew Jackman 151 vs Barbados the (Mecca) Kensington Oval 1980 and 100 vs Barbados at Camp Ayangana 1981
Mark Harper 140 vs the Windwards Islands at Gilbert Park (1975) and 103 vs Trinidad & Tobago, Queens Park Oval 1975
Roger Harper 102 vs Barbados the (Mecca) Kingston Oval 1980

Brothers with five wickets haul for Guyana in Regional under-19 cricket:
Michael and Andy Chinsammy
Michael Chinsammy five for 26 vs the Leeward Islands at the Kensington Oval 1994
Andy Chinsammy five for 21 vs the Leeward Islands, Victoria Park Granville, St. Andrews Grenada 1995; Plus five for 30 vs Trinidad & Tobago Tanteen Ground, Grenada 1995.
Andy Chinsammy five for 107 at Elleston Road Kingston, Jamaica 1996, plus five for 79 vs the Windward Islands at Melbourne Kingston, Jamaica 1996 and six for 51 vs the Leeward Islands at Kaiser Sports Club Discovery Bay Jamaica 1996. Plus seven for 84 vs Trinidad & Tobago, T.O.J Ground, Kingston Jamaica,1996.

Brothers that captain Guyana in Regional under-19 cricket:
Errol Jackman                     1970
Andrew Jackman                1982
Mark Harper                       1977
Roger Harper                      1980
Mahendra Nagamootoo      1995
Vishal Nagamootoo            1996
(Charwayne Walker)