Career
He died from the effects of chronic cirrhosis of the liver, while sitting in a chair at a pharmacist"s in Speightstown, Barbados, in 1996. Number other player dismissed eight batsmen in a one-day innings until Kent"s Derek Underwood claimed 8-31 against Scotland sixteen years later. Boyce had been recruited for Essex by Trevor Bailey, and in 1974 was Wisden"s Cricketer of the Year.
Following an injury, he returned to his home island of Barbados, where he suffered several personal setbacks.