1965–66 Shell Shield season
Dates27 January – 14 March 1966
Administrator(s)WICB
Cricket formatFirst-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Champions Barbados (1st title)
Participants5
Matches10
Most runsJamaica Easton McMorris (553)
Most wicketsBarbados David Holford (18)

The 1965–66 Shell Shield season was the inaugural 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 27 January to 14 March 1966.

Five teams contested the tournament – Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and a Combined Islands team (drawn from the Leeward and Windward Islands). Each team played the others once, making for a total of ten matches. Barbados were undefeated during the competition, winning three matches and drawing the other to win the inaugural title. Jamaican batsman Easton McMorris and Barbadian bowler David Holford, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.

Teams

 Barbados  British Guiana  Combined Islands  Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago

Points table

Team Pld W L LWF DWF DLF P
 Barbados43001042
 British Guiana41102024
 Combined Islands41100216
 Trinidad and Tobago40111112
 Jamaica40101210
Source: CricketArchive
Key

Fixtures

27–31 January 1966
Scorecard
v
283 (100.2 overs)
250 (97 overs)
285/5d (95.5 overs)
264/5 (91 overs)
2–5 February 1966
Scorecard
v
334 (118.3 overs)
236 (86.5 overs)
213/6 (92 overs)
35/1 (12 overs)
9–12 February 1966
Scorecard
v
141 (57.1 overs)
396/5 (93.4 overs)
  • No play was possible on the third and fourth days.
  • Barbadian bowler Rawle Brancker took 6/39, the best figures of the competition.[1]
12–16 February 1966
Scorecard
v
398/9 dec. (200.3 overs)
192 (127 overs)
77/2 (47 overs)
18–22 February 1966
Scorecard
v
227 (71.3 overs)
559/9 dec. (189 overs)
317 (101.5 overs)
Barbados won by an innings and 15 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
  • Tony Howard (Bar) made his first-class debut.
  • Barbados made 559/9 in its only innings, the highest team score of the competition,[2] and the team's captain, Gary Sobers, made 204 runs, the highest individual score.[3]
25–28 February 1966
Scorecard
v
148 (55.1 overs)
427 (110.2 overs)
171 (63.1 overs)
Barbados won by an innings and 108 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
25 February – 1 March 1966
Scorecard
v
222 (87.2 overs)
421/9 dec. (144.1 overs)
404/9 dec. (162.5 overs)
27/0 (14 overs)
Match drawn
Sabina Park, Kingston
4–8 March 1966
Scorecard
v
176 (86.4 overs)
306 (107.4 overs)
251 (110 overs)
122/4 (31 overs)
British Guiana won by 6 wickets
Warner Park, Basseterre
5–8 March 1966
Scorecard
v
193 (78.5 overs)
421/4 dec. (132 overs)
260 (96 overs)
36/3 (10.2 overs)
Barbados won by 7 wickets
Sabina Park, Kingston
11–14 March 1966
Scorecard
v
266 (73.2 overs)
295 (79.1 overs)
145 (65 overs)
85 (36.3 overs)
Combined Islands won by 31 runs
Victoria Park, Castries
  • Trinidad and Tobago's second-innings total was the lowest of the competition.[4]

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.[5]

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Easton McMorris Jamaica553892.1619030
Peter Lashley Barbados3874129.00121*22
Seymour Nurse Barbados364491.0015321
Clive Lloyd British Guiana344586.0019420
Irvine Shillingford Combined Islands308751.33113*12

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.[6]

PlayerTeamOversWktsAve510BBI
David Holford Barbados152.31821.44004/51
Charlie Griffith Barbados75.51513.73004/41
Gary Sobers Barbados94.31420.57106/56
Edgar Gilbert Combined Islands129.31326.07003/12
Willie Rodriguez Trinidad and Tobago104.31227.25105/71

References

  1. ↑ Shell Shield 1965/66 – five wicket in an innings – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Shell Shield 1965/66 – highest team totals – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Shell Shield 1965/66 – centuries – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  4. ↑ Shell Shield 1965/66 – lowest team totals – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1965/66 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Bowling in Shell Shield 1965/66 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
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