Essex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Essex. Founded in 1876,the club had minor county status until 1894 when it was promoted to first-class status pending its entry into the County Championship in 1895,since then the team has played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. Essex currently play all their home games at the County Cricket Ground,Chelmsford. The club has formerly used other venues throughout the county including Lower Castle Park in Colchester,Valentines Park in Ilford,Leyton Cricket Ground,the Gidea Park Sports Ground in Romford,and Garon Park and Southchurch Park,both in Southend. The limited overs team has previously known as the Essex Eagles but now just play as Essex.
Trevor Edward Bailey was an England Test cricketer,cricket writer and broadcaster.
The County Ground in Chelmsford,Essex,has been the official home ground of Essex County Cricket Club since 1967. It has been used for first-class cricket since 1925 and List A matches since 1969. The capacity is 6,500,mostly in single-tier seating with a single double-tiered stand. The pavilion was completed in the 1970s.
Peter Mark Such is an English cricketer,cricket coach,and match referee. An off-spinner,Such was brought into the Test arena in 1993 as a replacement for John Emburey but,despite taking 6 for 67 on debut and being the highest wicket taker for England in the series only played an initial eight Tests before having to wait five years before his next appearance.
Nicholas Grant Billson Cook is an English cricket umpire and former player who appeared in 15 Tests and three ODIs between 1983 and 1989. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a lower order right-handed batsman,he played first-class and List A cricket from 1978 to 1994. He is currently an ECB appointed umpire on the professional circuit. He was born in Leicester and attended Lutterworth Grammar School.
Sir Hubert Ashton was an English first-class cricketer,footballer and politician.
Christopher Gladwin is a retired English first-class cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club from 1981 to 1987,and for Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1989. He also played for Suffolk County Cricket Club in List A matches from 1988 to 1990. He was born at East Ham,Essex.
1876 was the 90th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Gloucestershire reclaimed the unofficial "Champion County" title. A relatively dry summer and improvements to pitches via the heavy roller saw several batting records broken.
Charles Terence Spencer was an English first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire. Only Ewart Astill and George Geary have taken more wickets for Leicestershire. His career best figures of 9-63 were made in 1954 against Yorkshire. He is the nephew of Leicestershire fast bowler Haydon Smith.
Mohammad Adnan Akram is an English first-class cricketer who played for Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence,the Essex Cricket Board and the British Universities cricket team between 2002 and 2005.
David Alan Payne is an English cricketer who made his debut for Gloucestershire in 2009. A left-arm fast-medium bowler,he has represented England at U-19 level in both Test matches and One Day Internationals. He was named as part of the squad for the 2010 U-19 Cricket World Cup. Since his debut for Gloucestershire,he has become a key part of their bowling attack and often opened,and has also showed promise with the bat,by scoring his maiden First Class half-century at the end of the 2011 season. Payne made his international debut for the England cricket team in June 2022.
Richard Michael Pearson is a former English cricketer who represented England in two Youth Test matches in 1991,and went on to play first-class county cricket in England between 1992 and 1997 for Northamptonshire,Essex and Surrey. A right-arm off-break spin bowler,Pearson's career featured 98 matches across the one and four-day formats of the game,where he captured 137 wickets.
Walter Gordon "Don" Spencer was an English cricketer. Spencer was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Chingford,Essex.
Simon Ross Harmer is a South African international cricketer. He plays for South Africa primarily as an off-break bowler but is also a capable lower order batsman. He plays domestic cricket for Titans.
Callum Frederick Jackson is an English professional cricketer who played most recently as a wicket-keeper for Kent County Cricket Club. Jackson made his first-class cricket debut for Sussex County Cricket Club in a three-day match against a touring Australian side in July 2013,having made his professional debut in Twenty20 matches earlier in the same month. He has represented England at under-19 level.
Nicholas Laurence Joseph Browne is an English cricketer who plays for Essex as a left-handed batsman who bowls leg breaks.
James Alexander Porter is an English cricketer who has played first-class cricket for Essex since 2014. He is a righthanded batsman who bowls right arm medium-fast pace.
Paul Ian Walter is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed all-rounder who bowls left-arm medium-fast. He made his Twenty20 debut for Essex,on 24 June 2016,against Hampshire. He made his List A debut for Essex in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 10 May 2017.
