1970–71 Shell Shield season
Dates22 January – 23 April 1971
Administrator(s)WICB
Cricket formatFirst-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Champions Trinidad and Tobago (2nd title)
Participants5
Matches10
Most runsTrinidad and Tobago Joey Carew (347)
Most wicketsJamaica Uton Dowe (24)

The 1970–71 Shell Shield season was the fifth 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 22 January to 23 April 1971.

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica both won two and drew two of their four matches, but Trinidad and Tobago finished with more points, winning a second consecutive title. Trinidadian batsman Joey Carew led the tournament in runs for a second consecutive season, while Jamaican fast bowler Uton Dowe was the leading wicket-taker.

Points table

Team Pld W L DWF DLF Pts
 Trinidad and Tobago4201132
 Jamaica4200228
 Barbados4121018
 Guyana4012114
 Combined Islands4130012
Source: CricketArchive
Key

Statistics

Most runs

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

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Joey Carew Trinidad and Tobago347757.839103
Maurice Foster Jamaica334655.6614612
Richard de Souza Trinidad and Tobago325781.259504
Lawrence Rowe Jamaica312652.0011411
Robin Bynoe Barbados275655.007203

Most wickets

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

PlayerTeamOversWktsAve510BBI
Uton Dowe Jamaica130.02415.75307/19
Jack Noreiga Trinidad and Tobago143.01916.47216/67
Arthur Barrett Jamaica165.11730.64105/96
David Holford Barbados91.21518.46105/99
Grayson Shillingford Combined Islands94.01420.78106/77

References

  1. Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1970/71 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  2. Bowling in Shell Shield 1970/71 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
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