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Today Statistician Charwayne Walker reminisces on the first overseas team to tour then British Guiana back in 1956. Today’s article comes at a time when the Washington DC Jammers are currently visiting Guyana
The Trinidad and Tobago Woodbrook Limers Basketball Club that made that historic first tour to British Guiana.
for a tour which started last evening.
Trinidad’s first division champions Woodbrook Limers created history in April 1956 when they accepted an invitation from the Raven’s Basketball Club to tour British Guiana in April 1956 and played four matches against local club side the Clowns and three matches against British Guiana. It was the first international series for British Guiana. The Limers led by Aldwyn Hislop, warmed up for the British Guiana mission with a fifty eight to forty three points victory against the touring Canadian navy team that was visiting Trinidad in 1956. George Bailey led the Limers with twenty eight points, skipper Aldwyn Hislop thirteen points, and Bert Henry twelve points.
British Guiana warmed up for the touring Limers with a twenty six to twenty one points victory against the Blackwatch Team at Queens College. The British Guiana team that defeated the Blackwatch team was Lawrence Taitt, Cleairmont Taitt, Ken Corsbie, Carl Spence, Chee Hing, Pacon Cho Chin, Derrick (Bull) Burnett, William Fat and Roy Johnson.
Woobrook Limers opening match versus local club champs The Clowns at Queen’s College auditorium. Limers won sixty to twenty six points. George Bailey led all scorers with fifteen points, Lance Lashley twelve points, Roy Johnson top scored for the Clowns with ten points.
International Series: Woodbrook limers versus British Guiana at Quenns College auditorium:
Game 1: Limers won, fifty-nine to thirty-one points
George Bailey – fourteen points
Aldwyn Hislop- eleven points
Lance Lashley- ten points
For British Guiana, skipper Roy Johnson top scored with ten points, Derrick (Bull) Burnett nine points, Ken Corsbie eight points.
Game 2: Limers won fifty-one to thirty six points
George Bailey – twenty two points
Ashwyn Pierre- nine points
Hollis Roberts – six points
For British Guiana, Captain Roy Johnson eight points, Derrick (Bull) Burnett five points, Pacon Cho Chin four points.
Game 3: Queen’s College Auditorium
Limers won twenty seven to eleven points
Bert Henry, eight points
Ashwyn Pierre, six points
Alwyn Hislop, five points.
For British Guiana, Derrick (Bull) Burnett five points.
The Historical British Guiana team that played in its first international series in 1956 was Roy Johnson- captain (Clowns), Derrick (Bull) Burnett (Panthers), Pacon Cho Chin (Clowns), Ken Corsbie (Ravens), Clairmont Taitt (Ravens) , Lawrence Taitt (Ravens), Stanley Devonish (Clowns), Lee Chenyong (Chinese Sports Club), William Fat (Chinese Sports Club) and Chee Hing ( Chinese Sports Club).
The victorious Woodbrook Limers team of Trinidad 1956 first overseas team to played an international series in the land of many waters. Aldwyn Hislop captain, Ashwyn Pierre, Bert Henry, Lance Lashley, Hollis Roberts, George Bailey, Norman Pierre, Horace Hutchinson, David Martin, Kelvin Horford, Desmond Patterson, Hugh Lynch, Mike Borel , Errol Maurice, Carlton Clarke.
Now sixty years later the Guyana Basketball show continues with the visit of the touring DC Jammers of the USA.
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