1970–71 Shell Shield season

1970–71 Shell Shield season
Dates 22 January – 23 April 1971
Administrator(s) WICB
Cricket format First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Champions  Trinidad and Tobago (2nd title)
Participants 5
Matches played 10
Most runs Trinidad and Tobago Joey Carew (347)
Most wickets Jamaica 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 Tobago 4 2 0 1 1 32
 Jamaica 4 2 0 0 2 28
 Barbados 4 1 2 1 0 18
 Guyana 4 0 1 2 1 14
 Combined Islands 4 1 3 0 0 12
Source: CricketArchive
Key

  • Pld – Matches played
  • W – Outright win (12 points)
  • L – Outright loss (0 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
Joey Carew  Trinidad and Tobago 347 7 57.83 91 0 3
Maurice Foster  Jamaica 334 6 55.66 146 1 2
Richard de Souza  Trinidad and Tobago 325 7 81.25 95 0 4
Lawrence Rowe  Jamaica 312 6 52.00 114 1 1
Robin Bynoe  Barbados 275 6 55.00 72 0 3

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
Uton Dowe  Jamaica 130.0 24 15.75 3 0 7/19
Jack Noreiga  Trinidad and Tobago 143.0 19 16.47 2 1 6/67
Arthur Barrett  Jamaica 165.1 17 30.64 1 0 5/96
David Holford  Barbados 91.2 15 18.46 1 0 5/99
Grayson Shillingford  Combined Islands 94.0 14 20.78 1 0 6/77

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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