1974–75 Shell Shield season

1974–75 Shell Shield season
Dates 14 March – 11 April 1975
Administrator(s) WICB
Cricket format First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Champions  Guyana (2nd title)
Participants 5
Matches played 10
Most runs Guyana Roy Fredericks (545)
Most wickets Antigua and Barbuda Andy Roberts (25)

The 1974–75 Shell Shield season was the ninth 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 14 March to 11 April 1975 (a much shorter duration than in previous seasons).

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Owing to a high number of draws (only four of the ten matches were played to completion), three teams finished the round-robin undefeated. Of those, Guyana had the most points, thus claiming their second Shell Shield title. Guyanese batsman Roy Fredericks led the tournament in runs, while Combined Islands fast bowler Andy Roberts was the leading wicket-taker.

Points table

Team Pld W L LWF DWF DLF Pts
 Guyana 4 2 0 0 0 2 28
 Combined Islands 4 1 0 0 2 1 26
 Jamaica 4 0 0 0 3 1 20
 Barbados 4 1 1 1 0 1 18
 Trinidad and Tobago 4 0 2 0 1 1 8
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)
  • Pts – Total 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
Roy Fredericks  Guyana 545 7 109.00 250 1 3
Larry Gomes  Trinidad and Tobago 482 8 68.85 171* 1 4
Collis King  Barbados 431 8 71.83 103* 1 4
Viv Richards  Combined Islands 363 7 51.85 112 2 2
Lockhart Sebastien  Combined Islands 290 7 41.42 86 0 2

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
Andy Roberts  Combined Islands 131.5 25 12.72 2 0 6/35
Sydney Matthews  Guyana 154.1 20 21.50 0 0 4/85
Keith Cameron  Guyana 163.0 20 24.75 1 0 7/91
Imtiaz Ali  Trinidad and Tobago 125.0 16 25.00 1 0 6/64
Vanburn Holder  Barbados 126.0 15 18.40 0 0 4/29

References

  1. Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1974/75 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. Bowling in Shell Shield 1974/75 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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