The 1779 English cricket season was the eighth in which matches have been awarded retrospective first-class cricket status. The scorecards of five first-class matches have survived.

Five first-class match scorecards survive from 1779, four of them matches between England sides and Hampshire XIs.^[1][2]

• 14–15 June – Hampshire XI v England – Itchin Stoke Down^[3]
• 23–26 June – England v Hampshire XI – Sevenoaks Vine^[4]
• 9–11 August – Surrey XI v Kent XI – Laleham Burway^[5]
• 23 August – Hampshire XI v England – Broadhalfpenny Down^[6]
• 13–16 September – England v Hampshire XI – Moulsey Hurst^[7]

Five other matches are known to have been played during the season, including a match between Kent and Surrey at Bourne Paddock in July which was badly affected by rain.^[8] Others include early references to cricket in both Berkshire and Oxfordshire.^[9]

• Berwick (Surrey and Hampshire)

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