1973–74 Shell Shield season

Dates	5 January – 28 February 1974
Administrator(s)	WICB
Cricket format	First-class (four-day)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Champions	Barbados (4th title)
Participants	5
Matches	10
Most runs	Maurice Foster (400)
Most wickets	Inshan Ali (27)

The 1973–74 Shell Shield season was the eighth 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 5 January to 28 February 1974.

Five teams contested the competition – Barbados, the Combined Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados were undefeated, winning two matches and drawing two to claim a fourth title. Jamaican batsman Maurice Foster led the tournament in runs for a third consecutive season, while Trinidadian slow left-arm wrist-spin bowler Inshan Ali was the leading wicket-taker.

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	LWF	DWF	DLF	Pts
Barbados	4	2	0	0	1	1	32
Trinidad and Tobago	4	2	1	0	0	1	26
Jamaica	4	1	0	1	1	1	24
Guyana	4	1	1	0	1	1	20
Combined Islands	4	0	1	2	1	0	14
Source: CricketArchive

Key

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	400	5	100.00	186	2	1
Clive Lloyd	Guyana	385	4	128.33	134	2	2
Lawrence Rowe	Jamaica	342	6	68.40	204	1	1
Alvin Kallicharran	Guyana	325	6	54.16	197	1	0
Len Baichan	Guyana	276	6	46.00	113	1	1

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
Inshan Ali	Trinidad and Tobago	158.4	27	16.07	3	1	7/20
Rex Collymore	Guyana	200.4	20	17.05	3	0	5/57
Arthur Barrett	Jamaica	188.4	17	28.41	2	1	6/87
Andy Roberts	Combined Islands	108.1	16	19.37	1	0	5/62
Uton Dowe	Jamaica	114.0	14	23.50	0	0	4/94

References