This article describes the history of West Indies cricket from 1946 to 1970.
First-class cricket in the West Indies had begun in February 1865 and the federation began playing Test cricket in 1928, but it was not until the 1965-66 West Indian cricket season that a formal domestic competition was founded, this being the Shell Shield which has subsequently evolved into the Carib Beer Cup.
West Indies cricket received a tremendous boost when its team defeated England in the 1950 Test series. The preceding few years had seen the emergence of truly great players like Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott, and Gary Sobers followed during the 1950s.
In 1965, Shell Oil sponsored its Shell Shield and the West Indies at last had a true domestic championship. At first the new competition involved Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago and the Combined Islands team which was an amalgam of Leeward Islands cricket team and Windward Islands cricket team.
1965–66 Barbados
1966–67 Barbados
1967–68 no competition
1968–69 Jamaica
1969–70 Trinidad and Tobago
England 1947–48
1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
3rd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 7 wickets
4th Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 10 wickets
1st Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
2nd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 142 runs
3rd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
4th Test at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
5th Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
England 1953–54
1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 140 runs
2nd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by 181 runs
3rd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – England won by 9 wickets
4th Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
5th Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – England won by 9 wickets
1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – Australia won by 9 wickets
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
3rd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – Australia won by 8 wickets
4th Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
5th Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – Australia won by an innings and 82 runs
1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 120 runs
3rd Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by an innings and 174 runs
4th Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 8 wickets
5th Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – Pakistan won by an innings and 1 run
England 1959–60
1st Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – England won by 256 runs
3rd Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
4th Test at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
5th Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
EW Swanton's team played four 3-day matches against local clubs, winning 3 and losing 1.
1st Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 10 wickets
2nd Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by an innings and 18 runs
3rd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – West Indies won by an innings and 30 runs
4th Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – West Indies won by 7 wickets
5th Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 123 runs
1st Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – West Indies won by 179 runs
2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
3rd Test at Bourda, Georgetown – West Indies won by 212 runs
4th Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
5th Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – Australia won by 10 wickets
England 1967–68
1st Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – match drawn
2nd Test at Sabina Park, Kingston – match drawn
3rd Test at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados – match drawn
4th Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad – England won by 7 wickets
5th Test at Bourda, Georgetown – match drawn
