1971–72 Shell Shield season

1971–72 Shell Shield season

Dates	21 January – 3 March 1972
Administrator(s)	WICB
Cricket format	First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Barbados (3rd title)
Participants	5
Matches	10
Most runs	Maurice Foster (511)
Most wickets	Vanburn Holder (20)

The 1971–72 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 21 January to 3 March 1972.

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados were undefeated, winning three of their four matches and drawing the other to claim a third title (and first since the 1966–67 season). Jamaican batsman Maurice Foster led the tournament in runs, while Barbadian fast bowler Vanburn Holder was the leading wicket-taker.

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	LWF	DWF	DLF	Pts
Barbados	4	3	0	0	0	1	38
Guyana	4	1	0	0	2	1	26
Jamaica	4	1	2	0	1	0	18
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	1	0	0	2	16
Combined Islands	4	0	1	2	1	0	14
Source: CricketArchive

Key

W – Outright win (12 points) L – Outright loss (0 points) LWF – Lost, 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
Maurice Foster	Jamaica	511	7	85.16	160	3	1
Roy Fredericks	Guyana	485	7	69.28	111	1	4
Robin Bynoe	Barbados	350	6	70.00	190	1	1
Charlie Davis	Trinidad and Tobago	322	6	64.40	180*	1	2
Alvin Kallicharran	Guyana	307	7	43.85	83	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
Vanburn Holder	Barbados	138.1	20	13.60	1	1	7/44
Bernard Julien	Trinidad and Tobago	128.5	19	20.21	0	0	4/28
Grayson Shillingford	Combined Islands	106.3	17	20.64	1	0	6/49
Raphick Jumadeen	Trinidad and Tobago	120.5	15	19.13	2	0	6/31
Prince Bartholomew	Trinidad and Tobago	102.0	14	24.14	0	0	4/76

References

1. Batting and fielding in Shell Shield 1971/72 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
2. Bowling in Shell Shield 1971/72 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2016.