1965 Claxton Shield

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{{Infobox tournament

| name =

| year = 1965

| date =

| host = New South Wales (Sydney)

| defending_champs = South Australia

| teams = 5

| champion = {{bb-state|Victoria}}

| num_championships = 8

| runner-up1 =

| runner-up2 =

| previous = 1964

| next = 1966

}}

The 1965 Claxton Shield was the 26th annual Claxton Shield, it was held in Sydney. The participants were South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland. Victoria won their 8th Claxton Shield title in poor weather conditions similar to that of the 1964 Shield.{{cite book | last1=Clark | first1=Joe | title=A History of Australian Baseball: Time and Game | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rIXGQra02mAC&pg=PP1 | accessdate=5 April 2010 | year=2003 | publisher=University of Nebraska Press | location=Lincoln, NE, United States | isbn=0-8032-6440-2 | ref=refClark }}