FORMER national U-19 batter, Mark Anthony Rigby, who succumbed to a stroke on July 11, after celebrating his 63rd birth anniversary on March 14 will be buried tomorrow.
His funeral service will take place at Sandy’s Funeral Parlour from 14:00hrs -15:00hrs. Viewing of the body will start from 13:00hrs
Following the service, Rigby’s body will be interred at the Le Repentir cemetery.

A wake is planned for tonight at the Police Sports Club, Eve Leary, from 19:00hrs. Rigby represented Police in three-day First Division cricket until the late 1990s.
Rigby, an elegant right-hander represented Guyana in the 1979 and the 1980 BAT Regional Youth Series.
One of Guyana’s matches in the 1980 tournament was played at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden.

It was during that youth tournament when ‘Riggers’ first met ‘Gus’ Logie who was representing Trinidad and Tobago. Similar in stature and style the pair became close friends and Rigby got the nick name ‘Gus’ Logie.
Rigby turned out at the first division level for Mackenzie Sports Club where he played with the late Basil Butcher. Rigby then joined the Guyana Police Force and remained there for the rest of his first division career for police, scoring the last of his centuries against GYO in 1995 at Eve Leary.

Rigby represented Demerara against Berbice in the 1987 One- Day Inter-County final at Albion.
Rigby last played cricket in March 2016 at Bourda when a benefit game was organised for former Guyana Opener, Paul Persaud who returned home for the first time in 15 years. (Sean Devers)