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1965–66 Shell Shield season
| Dates |
|---|
| WICB |
| First-class (four-day) |
| Round-robin |
| Barbados (1st title) |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| Easton McMorris (553) |
| 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.
| Barbados | British Guiana | Combined Islands | Jamaica | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Sobers (c) | ||||
| David Allan | ||||
| Arthur Bethell | ||||
| Rawle Brancker | ||||
| Robin Bynoe | ||||
| Richard Edwards | ||||
| Charlie Griffith | ||||
| David Holford | ||||
| Tony Howard | ||||
| Conrad Hunte | ||||
| Peter Lashley | ||||
| Seymour Nurse | ||||
| Tony White | Lance Gibbs (c) | |||
| Basil Butcher | ||||
| Steve Camacho | ||||
| Rex Collymore | ||||
| Roy Fredericks | ||||
| Sydney Jackman | ||||
| Rohan Kanhai | ||||
| Clive Lloyd | ||||
| Vincent Mayers | ||||
| Edwin Mohamed | ||||
| Randolph Ramnarace | ||||
| Burlin Saheed | ||||
| Joe Solomon | Clem John (c) | |||
| Hesketh Benjamin | ||||
| Henry Elwin | ||||
| Adolphus Freeland | ||||
| Edgar Gilbert | ||||
| Evelyn Gresham | ||||
| Len Harris | ||||
| Auckland Hector | ||||
| Kaleb Laurent | ||||
| Winston Mauricette | ||||
| Jerome Mellow | ||||
| Hilson Phillip | ||||
| Jerome Pierre | ||||
| Melford Roach | ||||
| Irvine Shillingford | Jackie Hendriks (c) | |||
| Kenneth Barnett | ||||
| Herman Bennett | ||||
| Leonard Chambers | ||||
| Rudolph Cohen | ||||
| Maurice Foster | ||||
| Teddy Griffith | ||||
| Ferdie Harvey | ||||
| Ron Headley | ||||
| Leonard Levy | ||||
| Easton McMorris | ||||
| Lawson Matthews | ||||
| Renford Pinnock | ||||
| Altemont Wellington | Willie Rodriguez (c) | |||
| Eddie Aleong | ||||
| Jamiel Ali | ||||
| Joey Carew | ||||
| Alvin Corneal | ||||
| Bryan Davis | ||||
| Charlie Davis | ||||
| Richard de Souza | ||||
| Bruce Eligon | ||||
| Kenneth Furlonge | ||||
| Leo John | ||||
| Arthur Paul | ||||
| Kenneth Roberts | ||||
| Pascall Roberts |
| Team | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Pld | W | L | LWF | DWF | DLF | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbados | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42 |
| British Guiana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| Combined Islands | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Jamaica | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Source: CricketArchive |
Key
The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton McMorris | Jamaica | 553 | 8 | 92.16 | 190 | 3 | 0 |
| Peter Lashley | Barbados | 387 | 4 | 129.00 | 121* | 2 | 2 |
| Seymour Nurse | Barbados | 364 | 4 | 91.00 | 153 | 2 | 1 |
| Clive Lloyd | British Guiana | 344 | 5 | 86.00 | 194 | 2 | 0 |
| Irvine Shillingford | Combined Islands | 308 | 7 | 51.33 | 113* | 1 | 2 |
The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | 5 | 10 | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Holford | Barbados | 152.3 | 18 | 21.44 | 0 | 0 | 4/51 |
| Charlie Griffith | Barbados | 75.5 | 15 | 13.73 | 0 | 0 | 4/41 |
| Gary Sobers | Barbados | 94.3 | 14 | 20.57 | 1 | 0 | 6/56 |
| Edgar Gilbert | Combined Islands | 129.3 | 13 | 26.07 | 0 | 0 | 3/12 |
| Willie Rodriguez | Trinidad and Tobago | 104.3 | 12 | 27.25 | 1 | 0 | 5/71 |
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