The 1966–67 Shell Shield season was the second 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 8 February to 3 April 1967. Six teams contested the tournament – Barbados,

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, Jamaica, the

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, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands. However, the Leeward and Windward Islands both played fewer matches than the other teams, and the results from their matches did not count towards the title. For a second season running, Barbados were undefeated, winning three matches and drawing the other to claim a second consecutive title. Barbadian batsman

Peter Lashley Patrick Douglas Lashley, known as Peter Lashley (born 11 February 1937 in Christ Church, Barbados) is a former cricketer. He played four Tests for the West Indies in the 1960s. A middle-order batsman who became an opener later in his career, La ...

led the tournament in runs, while his teammate

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and Jamaican bowler

Rudolph Cohen Rudolph Alexander Cohen (born 4 August 1942, Kingston, Jamaica) is a former Jamaican cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1963 to 1967. He toured England in 1966 with the West Indian team but did not play Test cricket. He became a lawy ...

led the tournament in wickets.

Teams

Points table

;Key * W – Outright win (12 points) * L – Outright loss (0 points) * LWF – Loss, but won first innings (4 points) * DWF – Drawn, but won first innings (6 points) * DLF – Drawn, and lost first innings (2 points) * P – Overall points

Fixtures

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Statistics

Most runs

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

Most wickets

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

bowling average In cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken. The lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is performing. It is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers, commonly use ...

.Bowling in Shell Shield 1966/67
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 December 2015.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1966-67 Shell Shield season West Indian cricket seasons from 1945–46 to 1969–70 Domestic cricket competitions in 1966–67 1967 in West Indian cricket Regional Four Day Competition seasons