(Kaieteur News) – Statistician Charwayne Walker has informed Kaieteur Sport that former national cricketer Sydney Matthews has passed away in the USA yesterday. Matthews made is first class debut for Guyana in 1970 vs Jamaica at Sabina Park and as fast bowler he was one of three Guyanese that toured with the first West Indies Under19 team to the UK in 1970. The others were Gopie Beasmonie and Kennedy Venkasammy. Sydney Matthews first came to prominence playing for the Faoud Bacchus led East Bank Upper Demerara team in the school boys all age finals in 1967 against East Coast.

Walker notes, that, He represented the West Indies President Eleven against New Zealand in 1972 at Sabina Park.

Although Matthews started as a fast bowler, he took his career First Class best as a leg spinner, 6 for 76 vs Trinidad and Tobago at the Queen’s Park Oval in 1987 when the Roger Harper led Guyana team won the last Shell Shield tournament.