They are credited as playing in the inaugural first class cricket match in the West Indies with a game against Barbados in 1865.
Cricketers to have played for them include Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Lance Gibbs, Roger Harper, Carl Hooper and Ramnaresh Sarwan.
The Jones Cup was the inter-county tournament in Guyana for many years until the name was changed to that of the new sponsors of the competition, Guystac.
The name Demerara was often used when referring to the whole of British Guiana in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, resulting in some confusion for students of cricket history.
Before the 1950s, it was very unusual for a player from Berbice or Essequibo to be selected to play for British Guiana.