1975–76 Shell Shield season

1975–76 Shell Shield season
Dates 16 January – 13 February 1976
Administrator(s) WICB
Cricket format First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Champions  Barbados (5th title)
 Trinidad and Tobago (3rd title)
Participants 5
Matches played 10
Most runs Dominica Irvine Shillingford (545)
Most wickets Trinidad and Tobago Imtiaz Ali (19)

The 1975–76 Shell Shield season was the tenth edition of what is now the Regional Four Day Competition, the domestic first-class cricket competition for the countries of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB). The tournament was sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell, with matches played from 16 January to 13 February 1976.

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Two teams, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, finished equal on 20 points, and shared the title. The competition was marked by a large number of draws, with only two of the ten matches played to completion. Irvine Shillingford of the Combined Islands team was the leading run-scorer, while Trinidad and Tobago's Imtiaz Ali was the leading wicket-taker.

Points table

Team Pld W L LWF DWF DLF A Pts
 Barbados 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 20
 Trinidad and Tobago 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 20
 Jamaica 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 18
 Combined Islands 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 8
 Guyana 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 2
Source: CricketArchive
Key

  • W – Outright win (12 points)
  • L – Outright loss (0 points)
  • LWF – Lost match, but won first innings (4 points)

  • DWF – Drawn, but won first innings (6 points)
  • DLF – Drawn, but lost first innings (2 points)
  • A – Abandoned (0 points)

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.[1]

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Irvine Shillingford  Combined Islands 257 3 85.66 111 1 2
Larry Gomes  Trinidad and Tobago 213 7 30.42 82* 0 2
Faoud Bacchus  Guyana 211 4 52.75 84 0 2
David Holford  Barbados 207 5 69.00 74* 0 2
Theo Cuffy  Trinidad and Tobago 205 7 29.28 62 0 1

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.[2]

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave 5 10 BBI
Imtiaz Ali  Trinidad and Tobago 224.3 19 24.10 1 0 5/44
Prince Bartholomew  Trinidad and Tobago 95.5 14 16.21 0 0 3/32
Raphick Jumadeen  Trinidad and Tobago 196.1 13 22.76 0 0 4/46
Wayne Daniel  Barbados 70.1 12 13.58 1 0 5/34
David Holford  Barbados 94.2 11 16.63 1 0 5/81

References

  1. Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. Bowling in Shell Shield 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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