The seventy-third edition of the Sheffield Shield took place in Australia during the 1964 to 1965 season. Five teams contested twenty matches in a double round-robin format, playing first-class cricket across the domestic competition.
New South Wales claimed the championship title, marking their thirty-fifth triumph in the history of the tournament.
Individual performances stood out during the twenty matches. Sam Trimble of Queensland led the run-scoring charts with nine hundred and twenty-four runs, while South Australia bowler Neil Hawke captured forty-one wickets to finish as the leading wicket-taker.
Squad lists and statistics via Wikipedia