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 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 20 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 20 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 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.Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s Irvine Shillingford 257 3 85.66 111 1 2 Larry Gomes 213 7 30.42 82* 0 2 Faoud Bacchus 211 4 52.75 84 0 2 David Holford 207 5 69.00 74* 0 2 Theo Cuffy 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.Bowling in Shell Shield 1975/76 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Player Team Overs Wkts Ave 5 10 BBI Imtiaz Ali 224.3 19 24.10 1 0 5/44 Prince Bartholomew 95.5 14 16.21 0 0 3/32 Raphick Jumadeen 196.1 13 22.76 0 0 4/46 Wayne Daniel 70.1 12 13.58 1 0 5/34 David Holford 94.2 11 16.63 1 0 5/81
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