The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has said the late cricketer and professor Aubrey Bishop will be remembered for many things among them being the style with which he brought to the sport.
According to the GCB, the late Bishop was a dedicated friend of cricket and one who served at the GCB and the West Indies Cricket Board levels.
Following is the full text of the GCB statement.
“The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) mourns the passing of a true and dedicated friend of Guyana’s cricket, Professor Aubrey Fitz Ronald Bishop.
Bishop gave a long and distinguished support to a game from the time he was working at Queens College and through his demanding schedule as attorney and an eminent jurist into his years of retirement.
He first represented British Guiana in 1952 as an opening batsman and left-arm spinner in a team which included his friend and schoolmate, Arnold Gibson as the wicketkeeper along with stalwarts Berkley Gaskin and Robert Christiani.
His promising career was interrupted when he left for England to pursue his legal studies. On his return to the country, he didn’t take to the field again but his interest in the game continued as a respectful administrator.
Bishop was a president of the British Guiana Cricket Club (BGCC), one of the major clubs in the local first division competition. Also, he was elected to the executive body of the GCC; the body included players like Clyde Walcott, Basil Butcher, Brian Stayers and Reds Murray.
This noble man was chairman of the GCB’s competitions committee and did an excellent job in facilitating the preparation of all clubs and players.
His distinguished legal background made him a solid choice for the board’s disciplinary committee. He was also a member of the disciplinary committee of the West Indies Board and would have been the adjudicator with the minority submission in the case against Marlon Samuels.
Aubrey Bishop would be remembered for the style with which he played the game and for the dedication and integrity he to its administration.
The GCB expresses its deepest condolences to his wife and family on this tragic loss.”
