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1975–76 Shell Shield season

1975–76 Shell Shield season
Dates 16 January – 13 February 1976
Administrator(s) WICB
Cricket format First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Champions  Barbados (5th title)
 Trinidad and Tobago (3rd title)
Participants 5
Matches played 10
Most runs Dominica Irvine Shillingford (545)
Most wickets Trinidad and Tobago Imtiaz Ali (19)

The 1975–76 Shell Shield season was the tenth 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 16 January to 13 February 1976.

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Two teams, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, finished equal on 20 points, and shared the title. The competition was marked by a large number of draws, with only two of the ten matches played to completion. Irvine Shillingford of the Combined Islands team was the leading run-scorer, while Trinidad and Tobago's Imtiaz Ali was the leading wicket-taker.

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.


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