- Matches
- Other events
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
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}}The 1765 English cricket season was the 22nd season following the earliest known codification of the Laws of Cricket. Details have survived of five eleven-a-side matches between significant teams. MatchesFive eleven-a-side match between significant teams are known to have taken place.[1][2] - 19 August - Surrey v Dartford - Artillery Ground
- 26 August - Leeds v Sheffield - Chapeltown Moor, near Leeds
- 5 September - Sheffield v Leeds - Sheffield
- 9 September - Chertsey v Richmond - Laleham Burway
- 16 September - Richmond v Chertsey - Richmond Green
Other eventsA notice in the Salisbury Journal on 16 September announced that: The Cricket players of the parish of Portsea (in Hampshire) will play the game of Cricket with any parish in the said County for 20 guineas each match, home and home. It is not known if the challenge was taken up.[3] References1. ^ACS, p.23.
2. ^[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Other_matches_in_England_1765.html Other matches in England 1765], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
3. ^Buckley.
Bibliography- {{cite book |last=ACS |first= |authorlink=Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians |title=A Guide to Important Cricket Matches Played in the British Isles 1709 – 1863 |year=1981 |publisher=ACS |location=Nottingham |isbn=}}
- {{cite book |last=Buckley |first=G. B. |authorlink=G. B. Buckley |title=Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket |year=1935 |publisher=Cotterell |isbn=}}
Further reading- {{cite book |last=Altham |first=H. S. |authorlink=Harry Altham |title=A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914) |year=1962 |publisher=George Allen & Unwin |isbn=}}
- {{cite book |last=Birley |first=Derek |authorlink=Derek Birley |title=A Social History of English Cricket |year=1999 |publisher=Aurum |isbn=}}
- {{cite book |last=Bowen |first=Rowland |authorlink=Rowland Bowen |title=Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development |year=1970 |publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode |isbn=}}
- {{cite book |last=Major |first=John |authorlink=John Major |title=More Than A Game |year=2007 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=}}
- {{cite book |last=Maun |first=Ian |title=From Commons to Lord's, Volume Two: 1751 to 1770 |year=2011 |publisher=Martin Wilson |isbn=978-0-9569066-0-1}}
- {{cite book |last=Underdown |first=David |authorlink=David Underdown |title=Start of Play |year=2000 |publisher=Allen Lane |isbn=}}
{{English cricket seasons}} 2 : 1765 in English cricket|English cricket seasons from 1764 to 1786 |