The match between the teams of Haryana and Services was the first of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 and the match was held at Kurukshetra from 22-24 October, 1973. As the match was drawn during the specified duration, the match officials awarded the Haryana and Services teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. The second match of the zone involved the teams of Railways and Haryana and the teams played the match at Delhi from 26-28 October 1973. The drawn match saw the Haryana team earning 5 points and Railways earning 3 points from it. The third match of the zone saw a clash between the teams of Punjab and Services at Jullundar from 26-28 October 1973. This was another drawn match and the Services and Punjab teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. There was a clash between the teams of Railways and Punjab in the fourth of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 and the match took place at Delhi from 30 October-01 November, 1973. The drawn match saw the Railways team earning 5 points and Punjab earning 3 points from it. In the next match of the North Zone, the teams of Delhi and Haryana clashed with each other at Delhi from 30 October-01 November, 1973. The Delhi team played wonderfully in the match and clinched a huge victory of 8 wickets for earning 8 valuable points from it. The next match of the zone saw the Railways and Services teams playing against each other at Delhi from 03-05 November, 1973, where the Railways team won by a good margin of 117 runs. The Services team appeared in the seventh of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 and this time, it played against the Jammu & Kashmir team at Delhi from 15-17 November, 1973. The Services team won the match by a huge margin of an innings and 82 runs and also earned 8 valuable points from it. The next match saw the Delhi and Railways teams playing against each other at Delhi from 15-17 November, 1973, where the Delhi team won by 151 runs and also earned 8 valuable points. Then the Haryana and Punjab teams met with each other in the next match at Chandigarh from 16-18 November, 1973. The drawn match saw the Haryana and Punjab teams earning 5 and 3 points, respectively from it. The tenth of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 involved the teams like Services and Delhi and the two teams played the match at Delhi from 19-20 November, 1973. The Delhi team once again played very well in the match and earned 8 points, by winning it with a margin of 7 wickets. The clash between the teams of Railways and Jammu & Kashmir happened in the next match of the zone and the match was held at Delhi from 19-21 November, 1973. The Railways team played wonderfully in the match and won it by an innings and 47 runs for earning 9 points from it. The Delhi team appeared in the next match of the North Zone and this time, it played against the Jammu & Kashmir team at 23-24 November, 1973. The Delhi team continued its wonderful form in this match also and clinched a victory of an innings and 183 runs for earning the entire 9 points from the match. The teams like Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir played the next match of the North Zone at Kurukshetra from 27-29 November 1973. The closely contested match saw the Haryana team winning by a narrow margin of 3 wickets and the win also helped the team to earn 8 valuable points from the match. The Jammu & Kashmir team then played against the Punjab team in the next match of the zone at Jullundar from 01-03 December, 1973 and the match officials declared the match as a drawn one. The last of the North Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 was played between the teams of Punjab and Delhi at Patiala from 14-16 December, 1973. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the match officials awarded the Delhi and Punjab teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. |