| Fromdate: | 5 January |
| Todate: | 28 February 1974 |
| Administrator: | WICB |
| Cricket Format: | First-class (four-day) |
| Tournament Format: | Round-robin |
| Count: | 4 |
| Participants: | 5 |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Most Runs: |  Maurice Foster (400) |
| Most Wickets: | Inshan Ali (27) |
| Previous Year: | 1972–73 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1972–73 Shell Shield season |
| Next Year: | 1974–75 |
| Next Tournament: | 1974–75 Shell Shield season |
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.
| width=200 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | |||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Source: CricketArchive | |||||||||||||||
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | 5 | 100.00 | 186 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 385 | 4 | 128.33 | 134 | 2 | 2 | |||
| 342 | 6 | 68.40 | 204 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 325 | 6 | 54.16 | 197 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 276 | 6 | 46.00 | 113 | 1 | 1 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 158.4 | 27 | 16.07 | 3 | 1 | 7/20 | |||
| 200.4 | 20 | 17.05 | 3 | 0 | 5/57 | |||
| 188.4 | 17 | 28.41 | 2 | 1 | 6/87 | |||
| 108.1 | 16 | 19.37 | 1 | 0 | 5/62 | |||
| 114.0 | 14 | 23.50 | 0 | 0 | 4/94 |