There were a number of 6 teams played against each other in the North Zone of the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 and all the teams were representing the Northern region of India. The teams that participated under the North Zone included the likes of Delhi, Haryana, Railways, Punjab, Services and Jammu & Kashmir and all of them vied for becoming one of the top two teams in the zone. According to the rules and regulations of the tournament, the top two teams form every zone was promoted to the knock out level of the tournament. The teams like Delhi and Railways got the promotion to the knock out level from the North Zone.

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.