With the Napoleonic War continuing, loss of investment and manpower impacted cricket[3] and only six important matches have been recorded from 1805:
Monday, 24 June:[4] All-England v Surrey @ Lord's Old Ground[5][6][7]
Monday, 1 to Wednesday, 3 July:[4] All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground[8][6][9]
Monday, 8 to Wednesday, 10 July:[4] All-England v The Bs @ Lord's Old Ground[8][6][10]
Monday, 15 to Tuesday, 16 July:[4] All-England v Hampshire @ Lord's Old Ground[11][6][12]
Monday, 5 to Wednesday, 7 August:[4] All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground[13][6][14]
Tuesday, 13 to Wednesday, 14 August:[4] All-England XII v Surrey XII @ Lord's Old Ground[15][6][16]
Other matches
Aside from the six matches above which are generally regarded as having been important by reference to various substantial sources (including the ACS, Britcher and Haygarth), there were eight other matches first noted by Britcher and confirmed by Haygarth:[17][18]
22–25 July: Twenty-Three v Twelve at Lord's
12 August: Richmond v Homerton at Richmond Green
21 August: Richmond v Homerton at Richmond Green
24 August: Rick & Uxbridge v St Albans at Lord Essex's Park
29–30 August: Kent v Bexley at Dartford Heath
16–17 September: England III v Surrey III at Lord's
21 September: Waltham Abbey v Homerton at Waltham Marsh, Essex
23 September: Kent v Bexley at Judge's Ground, Maidstone
^ abNote 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.