He made 35 further first-class appearances for Guyana, the last of which came against the Leeward Islands in 1986/87 Shell Shield.

He made 11 fifties and 5 centuries, with his highest score coming against the Windward Islands in the 1985/86 Shell Shield.

After the war, there was no domestic competition until the foundation of the Shell Shield in 1965 and the teams played occasional matches against each other for twenty years.

It was not until the launch of the Shell Shield in 1965-66 that a formal domestic competition was again held in the West Indies.

The next first-class fixture there came two years later, when the Leeward Islands played Jamaica in the 1982/83 Shell Shield.

Lynch played one season for Guyana in the 1982-83 Shell Shield 4-day competition.

Shillingford had made the most runs in the Shell Shield the previous season, with 257, and though he was aged nearly 33 he was given the chance.

Those two teams had first-class status before 1980-81, but competed together in the Shell Shield.

Four seasons later, the team was among the five that played for the inaugural Shell Shield.

He scored 12 and 60, and took two catches, seeing his team to victory by 50 runs and 12 points in the Shell Shield.