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West Indies Championship 1978/79 statistics and records

West Indies Championship: standings, leading run scorers, wicket takers and innings records in Redball’s recorded data. Season statistics cover West Indies Championship 1978/79; Tests are excluded.

HS Chang leads the displayed batting table with 412 runs. MD Marshall leads the bowling table with 25 wickets.

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Recorded matches: 10
Recorded players: 79
Recorded teams: 5
Recorded venues: 7

Selected season match starts: 1979-03-16 to 1979-04-21. Player counts cover recorded batting or bowling innings, not a registered squad. Latest update among the displayed statistics and match source rows: 2026-05-26.

West Indies Championship standings

League table for 1978/79. Positions follow the source table within each division or group.

League standings are not available in Redball’s recorded data for this competition and season.

Season leaders · West Indies Championship 1978/79

Top five by recorded total; equal totals are ordered by player ID. Cross-year editions retain their full season.

Leading run scorers

West Indies Championship West Indies Championship 1978/79 batting leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Runs
HS Chang	4	412
RS Gabriel	4	398
HA Gomes	4	367
KR Bainey	4	335
PJL Dujon	4	278

Recorded innings through 1979-04-21. Source update date unavailable.

Leading wicket takers

West Indies Championship West Indies Championship 1978/79 bowling leaders — First Class, Domestic
Player	Matches	Wickets
MD Marshall	4	25
DR Parry	4	23
GC Shillingford	4	21
R Nanan	4	18
ST Clarke	4	14

Recorded innings through 1979-04-21. Source update date unavailable.

Player statistics · 1978/79

Every recorded player in this competition and season; the first 25 in each table are shown below. Ordered by runs or wickets, then player ID for ties. Figures include only recorded innings.

Batting · 79 players

West Indies Championship 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	100s	4s	6s
HS Chang	Jamaica	4	6	0	412	126	68.67	—	2	1	9	0
RS Gabriel	Trinidad and Tobago	4	6	0	398	125	66.33	—	1	2	34	3
HA Gomes	Trinidad and Tobago	4	6	0	367	131	61.17	—	1	2	0	0
KR Bainey	Trinidad and Tobago	4	6	0	335	120	55.83	—	1	2	20	0
PJL Dujon	Jamaica	4	6	0	278	86	46.33	—	3	0	0	0
JC Allen	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	0	262	161	37.43	—	1	1	9	2
AE Greenidge	Barbados	4	6	1	260	109	52.00	—	1	1	13	1
LC Sebastien	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	1	249	63	41.50	—	2	0	4	0
L Baichan	Guyana	4	6	0	238	85	39.67	—	3	0	6	0
TRO Payne	Barbados	4	6	0	222	97	37.00	—	2	0	13	1
EH Mattis	Jamaica	4	6	0	210	125	35.00	—	1	1	13	1
T Mohamed	Guyana	4	6	0	208	193	34.67	—	0	1	0	0
S Shivnarine	Guyana	4	6	0	202	98	33.67	—	2	0	7	3
SFAF Bacchus	Guyana	4	6	1	196	154*	39.20	—	0	1	4	1
SA Gomes	Trinidad and Tobago	4	6	1	184	89	36.80	—	1	0	18	0
AB Williams	Jamaica	4	6	0	180	82	30.00	—	1	0	9	1
EE Lewis	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	3	6	0	171	57	28.50	—	1	0	0	0
DR Parry	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	1	170	59	28.33	—	1	0	0	0
KG D'Heurieux	Trinidad and Tobago	2	3	0	168	97	56.00	—	2	0	17	0
CL King	Barbados	1	2	0	156	156	78.00	—	0	1	15	4
VA Eddy	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	0	153	56	21.86	—	1	0	3	1
IT Shillingford	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	0	152	65	21.71	—	1	0	11	0
CW Fletcher	Jamaica	3	4	0	151	65	37.75	—	1	0	0	0
DL Haynes	Barbados	2	3	1	150	107	75.00	—	0	1	14	0
NA Johnson	Barbados	4	6	0	148	65	24.67	—	2	0	12	0

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West Indies Championship 1978/79 batting statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	4s	6s
GS Camacho	Guyana	4	5	1	143	63	35.75	—	1	0	0
RAO Straker	Barbados	3	4	0	119	57	29.75	—	1	7	0
CS Beckles	Barbados	3	4	0	108	83	27.00	—	1	5	3
AG Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	4	6	2	108	43	27.00	—	0	0	0
EA Campbell	Jamaica	4	6	0	104	45	17.33	—	0	0	0
R Nanan	Trinidad and Tobago	4	6	0	96	48	16.00	—	0	0	0
DA Murray	Barbados	2	3	0	80	42	26.67	—	0	0	0
VW Amory	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	2	3	1	74	51*	37.00	—	1	0	0
K Persaud	Guyana	3	5	0	70	31	14.00	—	0	0	0
MR Pydanna	Guyana	4	6	0	64	30	10.67	—	0	0	0
JA Williams	Jamaica	3	4	2	64	25*	32.00	—	0	0	0
AME Roberts	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1	2	0	62	62	31.00	—	1	8	1
J Garner	Barbados	2	3	1	62	51	31.00	—	1	4	2
RR Jumadeen	Trinidad and Tobago	4	6	2	60	40	15.00	—	0	3	1
DL Murray	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	1	57	50*	57.00	—	1	2	0
TF Foster	Barbados	2	3	2	56	32*	56.00	—	0	0	0
EE Brown	Jamaica	4	6	1	55	23	11.00	—	0	0	0
I Cadette	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	0	47	30	6.71	4,700.00	0	0	0
MC Neita	Jamaica	1	2	1	47	30	47.00	—	0	0	0
CC Gordon	Jamaica	1	2	0	46	46	23.00	—	0	0	0
MA Harper	Guyana	4	6	0	44	20	7.33	—	0	0	0
DAJ Holford	Barbados	2	3	1	43	30*	21.50	—	0	0	0
LNG Wright	Jamaica	2	3	0	39	22	13.00	—	0	0	0
N Phillip	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1	2	0	38	36	19.00	—	0	0	0
MD Marshall	Barbados	4	6	1	38	17	7.60	—	0	0	0
JR Lyon	Trinidad and Tobago	3	4	0	33	17	8.25	—	0	0	0
CG Greenidge	Barbados	1	2	0	31	31	15.50	—	0	5	0
DI Kallicharran	Guyana	1	2	0	31	20	15.50	—	0	0	1
SJ Matthews	Guyana	3	5	1	31	13	7.75	—	0	0	0
JA Gordon	Jamaica	4	6	0	29	15	4.83	—	0	0	0
T Cuffy	Trinidad and Tobago	3	4	1	29	15	9.67	—	0	0	0
CU Thompson	Jamaica	4	6	3	28	10*	9.33	—	0	0	0
I Ali	Trinidad and Tobago	3	5	1	26	12*	6.50	—	0	0	0
HG Gordon	Jamaica	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	—	0	0	0
AL Logie	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	0	19	11	9.50	—	0	0	0
JB Harris	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	3	5	1	19	13	4.75	—	0	0	0
LA Lewis	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1	2	0	18	14	9.00	—	0	0	0
GC Shillingford	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	1	17	9*	2.83	1,700.00	0	0	0
DE Audain	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	—	0	0	0
HA Brathwaite	Barbados	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	—	0	0	0
W Plummer	Jamaica	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	—	0	0	0
ET Willett	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	3	5	3	13	5*	6.50	—	0	0	0
EF Sorzano	Trinidad and Tobago	2	3	0	11	11	3.67	—	0	0	0
CEH Croft	Guyana	1	2	2	8	6*	—	—	0	0	0
HL Alleyne	Barbados	1	2	1	8	8*	8.00	—	0	0	0
WW Daniel	Barbados	1	2	0	7	7	3.50	—	0	0	0
ST Clarke	Barbados	4	6	1	6	6	1.20	—	0	0	0
LE Maxwell	Barbados	2	3	1	4	4*	2.00	—	0	0	0
C Singh	Guyana	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	—	0	0	0
UVC Lawrence	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	2	3	0	3	2	1.00	—	0	0	0
AL Padmore	Barbados	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	—	0	0	0
S Gopaul	Guyana	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
VCM Johashen	Guyana	1	1	1	0	0*	—	—	0	0	0
LA Lambert	Guyana	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0

Bowling · 52 players

West Indies Championship 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	5W	BBI
MD Marshall	Barbados	4	7	745	21	401	25	16.04	29.80	3.23	2	6/82
DR Parry	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	1,350	57	500	23	21.74	58.70	2.22	3	6/76
GC Shillingford	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	799	26	372	21	17.71	38.05	2.79	1	5/82
R Nanan	Trinidad and Tobago	4	7	1,212	63	479	18	26.61	67.33	2.37	1	5/59
ST Clarke	Barbados	4	7	825	31	399	14	28.50	58.93	2.90	0	3/27
RR Jumadeen	Trinidad and Tobago	4	7	1,208	59	488	13	37.54	92.92	2.42	0	3/53
AG Burns	Trinidad and Tobago	4	7	630	22	328	13	25.23	48.46	3.12	0	4/44
CU Thompson	Jamaica	3	5	603	17	314	12	26.17	50.25	3.12	1	5/75
JA Gordon	Jamaica	3	5	743	31	350	11	31.82	67.55	2.83	1	7/55
JB Harris	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	3	5	450	16	250	7	35.71	64.29	3.33	1	5/52
I Ali	Trinidad and Tobago	3	5	522	7	342	6	57.00	87.00	3.93	0	2/61
J Garner	Barbados	2	3	384	20	147	6	24.50	64.00	2.30	1	5/61
EE Brown	Jamaica	3	5	942	50	300	6	50.00	157.00	1.91	0	2/45
VA Eddy	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	7	480	20	191	5	38.20	96.00	2.39	0	2/26
K Persaud	Guyana	4	4	420	13	185	5	37.00	84.00	2.64	0	4/107
ET Willett	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	3	5	691	30	242	4	60.50	172.75	2.10	0	2/89
S Shivnarine	Guyana	4	4	400	23	140	4	35.00	100.00	2.10	0	2/52
MA Harper	Guyana	3	3	144	6	49	4	12.25	36.00	2.04	0	2/10
AME Roberts	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1	2	217	11	94	3	31.33	72.33	2.60	0	2/61
AE Greenidge	Barbados	2	2	149	2	82	3	27.33	49.67	3.30	0	2/52
HG Gordon	Jamaica	1	2	343	17	107	3	35.67	114.33	1.87	0	3/39
JA Williams	Jamaica	2	4	330	10	171	3	57.00	110.00	3.11	0	2/65
TF Foster	Barbados	2	4	360	14	141	3	47.00	120.00	2.35	0	3/27
S Gopaul	Guyana	1	1	150	4	80	3	26.67	50.00	3.20	0	3/80
SJ Matthews	Guyana	4	4	426	12	232	3	77.33	142.00	3.27	0	1/51

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West Indies Championship 1978/79 bowling statistics — First Class, Domestic
Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wkts	Avg	SR	Econ	BBI
LE Maxwell	Barbados	2	4	378	11	197	3	65.67	126.00	3.13	3/34
CEH Croft	Guyana	1	1	156	6	64	2	32.00	78.00	2.46	2/64
EH Mattis	Jamaica	2	3	120	7	32	2	16.00	60.00	1.60	2/25
HL Alleyne	Barbados	1	2	78	1	41	2	20.50	39.00	3.15	1/14
DE Audain	Trinidad and Tobago	1	2	150	3	92	2	46.00	75.00	3.68	2/85
WW Daniel	Barbados	1	1	168	4	92	1	92.00	168.00	3.29	1/92
HA Gomes	Trinidad and Tobago	3	5	132	4	70	1	70.00	132.00	3.18	1/13
CC Gordon	Jamaica	1	1	96	2	61	1	61.00	96.00	3.81	1/61
LNG Wright	Jamaica	1	2	108	3	51	1	51.00	108.00	2.83	1/28
CS Beckles	Barbados	2	3	84	6	53	1	53.00	84.00	3.79	1/41
LA Lambert	Guyana	2	2	192	7	114	1	114.00	192.00	3.56	1/51
C Singh	Guyana	2	2	198	6	79	1	79.00	198.00	2.39	1/50
DAJ Holford	Barbados	1	1	222	12	68	0	—	—	1.84	0/68
CG Greenidge	Barbados	1	1	24	0	10	0	—	—	2.50	0/10
AL Padmore	Barbados	1	1	12	0	3	0	—	—	1.50	0/3
DL Haynes	Barbados	1	1	6	1	0	0	—	—	0.00	0/0
N Phillip	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1	1	36	1	16	0	—	—	2.67	0/16
AB Williams	Jamaica	1	1	24	1	18	0	—	—	4.50	0/18
SFAF Bacchus	Guyana	1	1	6	0	1	0	—	—	1.00	0/1
RS Gabriel	Trinidad and Tobago	1	1	24	0	10	0	—	—	2.50	0/10
DI Kallicharran	Guyana	1	1	114	1	72	0	—	—	3.79	0/72
W Plummer	Jamaica	1	1	168	7	62	0	—	—	2.21	0/62
JC Allen	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1	1	6	0	7	0	—	—	7.00	0/7
HA Brathwaite	Barbados	1	1	12	0	10	0	—	—	5.00	0/10
T Cuffy	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	24	1	11	0	—	—	2.75	0/0
VCM Johashen	Guyana	1	1	42	0	36	0	—	—	5.14	0/36
UVC Lawrence	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	2	3	240	4	132	0	—	—	3.30	0/17

Statistics definitions and missing data

Mat = matches with a recorded innings in that discipline; Inns = recorded innings; NO = not out; HS = highest innings (* means not out). Batting Avg = runs per dismissal; batting SR = runs per 100 balls. 50s excludes centuries; 100s includes all scores of 100 or more.

Bowling Runs excludes byes and leg byes where the source does. Avg = runs conceded per wicket; SR = balls per wicket; Econ = runs per six balls, including historical seasons with different over lengths. 5W = innings with at least five wickets; BBI = best innings, by wickets then fewer runs conceded. Balls are deliveries, not decimal overs.

— means unavailable or undefined, including a zero denominator. Rates requiring balls are omitted if any innings is missing its ball count. Historical boundary and ball counts may be incomplete. Tests and figures for other teams or competitions are excluded. Full methodology

Team comparison

Match outcomes and team scorecards for 1978/79. Teams are ordered by wins, then name; this is separate from the points table.

West Indies Championship 1978/79 team results and innings totals
Team	Mat	Won	Lost	Drawn	Runs	Outs	Bat avg	Highest	Conceded	Wickets	Bowl avg
Barbados	4	2	0	2	1,596	42	38.00	416	1,791	64	27.98
Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	4	1	2	1	1,526	60	25.43	353	1,900	65	29.23
Trinidad and Tobago	4	1	0	3	2,040	52	39.23	541	1,893	54	35.06
Guyana	4	0	1	3	1,303	44	29.61	504	1,129	25	45.16
Jamaica	4	0	1	3	1,797	52	34.56	353	1,549	42	36.88

Team runs include extras; wickets include dismissals not credited to a bowler, so these totals can differ from the player tables. Bat avg = team runs per wicket lost; Bowl avg = opposition runs per wicket taken. Other includes ties, abandoned games and unavailable results. Totals cover available scorecards only.

Recent recorded matches · 1978/79

Latest 10 of 10 recorded matches, ordered by start date. This is not a live score feed.

1979-04-21 to 1979-04-24 · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago: 218 & 291/9
Combined Leeward and Windward Islands: 327 & 181

Trinidad and Tobago won by 1 wicket

1979-04-21 to 1979-04-23 · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Barbados: 362/7d
Guyana: 136 & 86

Barbados won by an innings and 140 runs

1979-04-14 to 1979-04-17 · Bourda, Georgetown

Guyana: Score unavailable
Jamaica: 251/8

Match drawn

1979-04-14 to 1979-04-17 · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Barbados: 405 & 50/0
Trinidad and Tobago: 541

Match drawn

1979-04-06 to 1979-04-09 · Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain

Trinidad and Tobago: 395
Guyana: 282 & 295/4

Match drawn

1979-04-06 to 1979-04-09 · Queen's Park (Old), St George's

Combined Leeward and Windward Islands: 185 & 353
Jamaica: 287 & 237

Combined Leeward and Windward Islands won by 14 runs

1979-03-23 to 1979-03-26 · Sabina Park, Kingston

Jamaica: 353
Trinidad and Tobago: 290 & 305/3

Match drawn

1979-03-23 to 1979-03-25 · Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's

Combined Leeward and Windward Islands: 220 & 139
Barbados: 209 & 154/6

Barbados won by 4 wickets

1979-03-16 to 1979-03-19 · Sabina Park, Kingston

Jamaica: 340 & 329/4
Barbados: 416/9d

Match drawn

1979-03-16 to 1979-03-19 · Welfare Centre Ground, Rose Hall

Guyana: 504
Combined Leeward and Windward Islands: 121/0

Match drawn

Recorded venues

West Indies Championship 1978/79 venues and recorded match counts
Venue	Matches
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	2
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	2
Sabina Park, Kingston	2
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's	1
Bourda, Georgetown	1
Queen's Park (Old), St George's	1
Welfare Centre Ground, Rose Hall	1

Venue names follow the match catalogue; renamed grounds may appear separately.

Season innings records

Highest individual innings and best bowling innings in West Indies Championship 1978/79, in Redball’s recorded data.

Highest innings

West Indies Championship 1978/79 batting innings records
Player	Runs	Opponent	Date
T Mohamed	193	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1979-03-16
JC Allen	161	Jamaica	1979-04-06
CL King	156	Trinidad and Tobago	1979-04-14
SFAF Bacchus	154*	Trinidad and Tobago	1979-04-06
HA Gomes	131	Barbados	1979-04-14

Best bowling innings

West Indies Championship 1978/79 bowling innings records
Player	Wickets/runs	Opponent	Date
JA Gordon	7/55	Combined Leeward and Windward Islands	1979-04-06
DR Parry	6/76	Jamaica	1979-04-06
MD Marshall	6/82	Jamaica	1979-03-16
DR Parry	6/90	Trinidad and Tobago	1979-04-21
MD Marshall	5/39	Guyana	1979-04-21

* means not out. Batting sorts by runs; bowling sorts by wickets, then fewer runs conceded. Ties then use earlier match date and source row ID. Five rows are shown, so equal performances may extend beyond the cutoff. Matches count distinct recorded matches in each discipline.

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The full historical range below is from the match catalogue for West Indies Championship. The selected season range is shown above. These can differ from innings-table coverage and do not establish a complete historical record.

Recorded match dates: 1966-01-27 to 2026-05-17. Date spans do not imply complete coverage. Career aggregates may cover a different set of matches.

Displayed source rows last updated: unavailable. Figures retrieved: 2026-10-01. This is not a live score feed.

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