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 4 2 0 0 0 2 28 4 1 0 0 2 1 26 4 0 0 0 3 1 20 4 1 1 1 0 1 18 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.Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1974/75 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s Roy Fredericks 545 7 109.00 250 1 3 Larry Gomes 482 8 68.85 171* 1 4 Collis King 431 8 71.83 103* 1 4 Viv Richards 363 7 51.85 112 2 2 Lockhart Sebastien 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.Bowling in Shell Shield 1974/75 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Player Team Overs Wkts Ave 5 10 BBI Andy Roberts 131.5 25 12.72 2 0 6/35 Sydney Matthews 154.1 20 21.50 0 0 4/85 Keith Cameron 163.0 20 24.75 1 0 7/91 Imtiaz Ali 125.0 16 25.00 1 0 6/64 Vanburn Holder 126.0 15 18.40 0 0 4/29
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