1805 English cricket season

In the 1805 English cricket season, Lord Frederick Beauclerk became the first batsman known to have scored two first-class centuries in the same season.

Honours

Lord Frederick Beauclerk became the first batsman known to have scored two first-class centuries in a season when he made 129* for Hampshire v All-England in July and 102 for All-England v Surrey in August.
In what was the first definitely recorded Eton v Harrow match at Lord's Old Ground, the future poet Lord Byron played for Harrow.^[2]
With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket and only 6 first-class matches have been recorded in 1805:
- 24 June — All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground^[3]
- 1–3 July — All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground^[4]
- 8–10 July — All-England v The Bs @ Lord's Old Ground^[4]
- 15–16 July — All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground^[5]
- 5–7 August — All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground^[6]
- 13–14 August — All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground^[7]

1805 debutants included:

^ ^a ^b Note that scorecards created in the first quarter of the 19th century are not necessarily accurate or complete; therefore any summary of runs, wickets or catches can only represent the known totals and computation of averages is ineffectual.
^ Haygarth, p.319.
^ Haygarth, p.315.
^ ^a ^b Haygarth, p.316.
^ Haygarth, p.317.
^ Haygarth, p.320.
^ Haygarth, p.321.

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