| CHAPPELL | IM, Australia Test cricketer who scored an innings of 165 against West Indies at Melbourne in 1968 ( |
| JAYAWARDENE | DPMD, Sri Lanka Test cricketer who scored an innings of 165 against Bangladesh at Kandy in 2007 (11) |
| KEG | Equivalent of 165 bottles of beer |
| YALLOP | Graham, Australia Test cricketer who hit an innings of 268 against Pakistan at Melbourne in 1983 (6) |
| DENNESS | M H ___, England Test cricketer who hit 188 against Australia at Melbourne in 1975 (7) |
| HEADLEY | DW, England Test cricketer who took 6-60 against Australia at Melbourne in 1998 (7) |
| SMALL | G C ?, England Test cricketer who took 5-48 against Australia at Melbourne in 1986 (5) |
| SYMONDS | A ?, Australia Test cricketer who hit 156 against England at Melbourne in 2006 (7) |
| LEVER | P -, England Test cricketer who took 6-38 against Australia at Melbourne in 1975 (5) |
| HOBBS | J B -, England Test cricketer who hit 142 against Australia at Melbourne in 1929 |
| COWANS | Norman, England Test cricketer who took 6-77 against Australia at Melbourne in 1982 (6) |
| SARFRAZNAWAZ | Pakistan Test cricketer who took 9-86 against Australia at Melbourne in 1979 (7,5) |
| DODEMAIDE | A I C ___, Australia Test cricketer who took 6-58 against New Zealand at Melbourne in 1987 (9) |
| GILL | Young opening batsman for KKR, he made his Test debut for India against Australia at Melbourne in 2020 |
| HANUKKAH | The Jewish festival of lights commemorating the re-dedication of the Temple in 165 BC (8) |
| HEGG | W K -, wicketkeeper whose 1998 England Test debut was against Australia at Melbourne (4) |
| CHARLESBANNERMAN | Australian scorer of the first Test century, 165 in 1877 (7,9) |
| TITANIA | The Quarrel of Oberon and -; artist Joseph Noel Paton's interpretation of a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream depicting some 165 fairies (7) |
| HORACEGREELEY | 63 of the 165 faithless votes ever cast were taken away from this newspaper publisher, after he died just before the Electoral College was to meet in 1872 |
| NEDKELLY | Hanged at Melbourne jail in 1880, his last words were reported to be: "Such is life" (3,5) |