This is a list of ad hoc English cricket teams, each of them known as an XI (eleven), which were temporarily formed to play in matches that are recognised as either important or first-class. Generally, they were "scratch" teams named after their patron or organiser. The list is not necessarily exhaustive.
Note that long-established XIs are included at List of historically important English cricket teams, and not here.
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Teams
A B. Aislabie's XI (1811) S. Amherst's XI (1789)
B J. Bamford's XI (1907–1909) R. G. Barlow's XI (1883) W. Barton's XI (1802) Lord Frederick Beauclerk's XI (1798–1817) R. A. Bennett's XI (1901/02) Captain Blagrave's XI (1810) E. Bligh's XI (1792–1813) Ivo Bligh's XI (1880–1883) John Bowra's XI (1747) Lord Brackley's XI (1905/06) E. H. Budd's XI (1816–1818) Colonel Byng's XI (1810)
C F. S. G. Calthorpe's XI (1926) W. R. Capel's XI (1803) Thomas Chambers' XI (1731) 3rd Duke of Cleveland's XI (1751) Sir St Vincent Cotton's XI (1832) Country XI (1751) Lord Cowdray's XI (1923–1924)
D Richard Daft's XI (1870–1880) Earl of Darnley's XI (1790–1796) Earl de la Warr's XI (1896) C. de Trafford's XI (1896) Stephen Dingate's XI (1746–1750)
E G. East's XI (1788) T. Emmett's XI (1881–1883)
F Tom Faulkner's XI (1747–1754) Nicholas Felix's XI (1846) H. K. Foster's XI (1912–1919) Frederick, Prince of Wales' XI (1733) C. B. Fry's XI (1912)
G J. Gibbons' XI (1800)
H L. Hall's XI (1885–1891) John Hammond's XI (1790) David Harris' XI (1793) H. T. Hewett's XI (1892) H. Hoare's XI (1824) C. G. Howard's XI (1956/57)
J G. L. Jessop's XI (1911) S. B. Joel's XI (1924/25) V. W. C. Jupp's XI (1926)
K D. J. W. Kinnaird's XI (1814)
L F. C. Ladbroke's XI (1809) W. H. Laverton's XI (1890) Left-handed XI (1790–1870) R. Leigh's XI (1793–1795) Charles Lennox's XI (1795–1802) George Leycester's XI (1802) James Lillywhite's XI (1876/77) H. J. Lloyd's XI (1825) Lord Londesborough's XI (1886–1913) George Louch's XI (1793) R. S. Lucas' XI (1894/95)
M A. C. MacLaren's XI (1901/02) Lord March's XI (1886) Sir H. W. Marten's XI (1800) J. R. Mason's XI (1913) T. Mellish's XI (1801–1807) E. G. Morant's XI (1793)
N R. Newman's XI (1793) 1st Earl of Northumberland's XI (1751)
O George Osbaldeston's XI (1811–1816)
P L. Parkinson's XI (1933–1935) G. Parr's XI (1859–1864) H. Philipson's XI (1891) Fuller Pilch's XI (1846) R. Pilling's XI (1889) Charles Powlett's XI (1788) A. A. Priestley's XI (1897)
R W. W. Read's XI (1881–1895) 1st Duke of Richmond's XI (1702) A. W. Ridley's XI (1879) Right-handed XI (1790–1870) D. H. Robins' XI (1960–1980) L. G. Robinson's XI (1910–1921)
S J. Sharp's XI (1923) M. Sherwin's XI (1889–1891) A. Shrewsbury's XI (1888–1893) T. A. Smith's XI (1787–1796) H. H. Stephenson's XI (1859–1885) A. E. Stoddart's XI (1894–1898) Lord Strathavon's XI (1832)
T L. H. Tennyson's XI (1923–1938) Test and County Cricket Board XI (1981–1996) John Tufton's XI (1798) W. Turner's XI (1801)
V G. F. Vernon's XI (1889/90)
W R. D. Walker's XI (1866) Tom Walker's XI (1793) William Ward's XI (1815–1825) P. F. Warner's XI (1903–1946) A. J. Webbe's XI (1885–1901) G. J. V. Weigall's XI (1904–1914) R. Whitehead's XI (1799) H. C. Woolridge's XI (1803) G. N. Wyatt's XI (1886)
Y Lord Yarmouth's XI (1799)
See also Earliest references to cricket in English and Welsh counties First known use of English cricket venues (1610–1825) List of historically important English cricket teams
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