Chertsey Cricket Club and Hambledon Club, by now the leading teams in English cricket, played each other three times in the 1764 English cricket season.
The 1764 season marks the beginning of the "Hambledon Era" in earnest. The team must have continued to make a name for itself ever since the tri-series v Dartford Cricket Club in 1756, but there can be no doubt that the records of many matches have been lost.
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