1885 English cricket season

1885 was the 99th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It was the third in succession in which Nottinghamshire was proclaimed the champion county.

Champion County

 * Nottinghamshire

Notable events

 * 1 June – Kent captain Lord Harris writes a letter to Lancashire concerning the "unfair" bowling of Nash and Crossland and decides not to play Lancashire unless they refrain from employing those two bowlers – the refusal is maintained even when the pair drop out.
 * On 17 July, Johnny Briggs and Dick Pilling playing for Lancashire against Surrey set a record stand for the tenth wicket of 173, which stands until 1899.

Annual reviews

 * James Lillywhite’s Cricketers’ Annual (Red Lilly), Lillywhite, 1886
 * John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack 1886