# List of Essex first-class cricket records

This is a list of Essex first-class cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in first-class cricket for Essex. Records for Essex in List A cricket, the shorter form of the game, are found at List of Essex List A cricket records.

## Notation

Team Notation: When a team score is listed as "300-3", this indicates that they have scored 300 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. If it is followed by a "d", this indicates that the side declared. When the team score is listed as "300", this means the side was all out.
Batting Notation: When a batsman's score is listed as "100", the batsman scored 100 runs and was out. If it followed by an asterisk *, the batsman was not out.
Bowling Notation: "5/100" indicates that the bowler took 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.

## Team records
### Playing record

| Opposition | Matches | Won | Lost | Drawn | Tied | Abandoned | % Won |
| Cambridge University | 61 | 22 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36.07 |
| Derbyshire | 181 | 78 | 31 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 39.78 |
| Durham | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Glamorgan | 138 | 45 | 27 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 32.61 |
| Gloucestershire | 145 | 47 | 50 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 32.41 |
| Hampshire | 147 | 52 | 38 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 35.37 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent | 189 | 50 | 66 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 26.46 |
| Lancashire | 156 | 31 | 51 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 19.87 |
| Leicestershire | 173 | 51 | 41 | 81 | 0 | 2 | 29.48 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 |
| Middlesex | 171 | 38 | 55 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 22.22 |
| Northamptonshire | 175 | 54 | 43 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 30.86 |
| Nottinghamshire | 136 | 37 | 33 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 27.21 |
| Oxford University | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 44.44 |
| Somerset | 145 | 58 | 36 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 40 |
| Surrey | 194 | 43 | 73 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 22.16 |
| Sussex | 155 | 48 | 40 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 30.97 |
| Victoria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warwickshire | 120 | 39 | 33 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 32.5 |
| Worcestershire | 150 | 48 | 34 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Yorkshire | 167 | 28 | 87 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 16.77 |
| Australian Imperial Forces | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australians | 31 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9.67 |
| Bangladeshis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Canadians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Combined Services | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Commonwealth XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Dublin University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| England A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Indians | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 |
| Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealanders | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21.43 |
| Pakistanis | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 |
| South Africa Fezelas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africans | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 |
| Sri-Lanka A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri-Lankans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TN Pearce's XI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Indians | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 |
| Zimbabweans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cambridge Marylebone Cricket Club | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Durham Marylebone Club | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2775 | 809 | 793 | 1167 | 6 | 17 | 29.15 |
| | Total Runs | Opponents | Venue | Season |
| Highest for Essex | 761-6 d | v Leicestershire | Chelmsford | 1990 |
| Highest against Essex | 803-4 d | by Kent | Brentwood | 1934 |
| Lowest for Essex | 20 | v Lancashire | Chelmsford | 2013 |
| Lowest against Essex | 14 | by Surrey | Chelmsford | 1983 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 May 2007. |||||

## Batting records

| | Runs | Batsman | Opponents | Venue | Season |
| Highest individual innings | 343* | Percy Perrin | v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 1904 |
| Most runs in a season for Essex | 2,559 | Graham Gooch | | | 1984 |
| Most runs in a career for Essex | 30,701 | Graham Gooch | | | 1973 - 1997 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 May 2007. ||||||

## Bowling records

| | Analysis | Bowler | Opponents | Venue | Season |
| Best innings analysis for Essex | 10/32 | Harry Pickett | v Leicestershire | Leyton | 1895 |
| Best match analysis for Essex | 17/119 | Walter Mead | v Hampshire | Southampton | 1895 |
| | Wickets | Bowler | Season |
| Most wickets in a season for Essex | 172 | Peter Smith | 1947 |
| Most career wickets for Essex | 1,610 | Peter Smith | 1929 - 1951 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 May 2007. ||||||

## Partnership records

| Wicket Partnership | Runs | Batsmen | Opponents | Venue | Season |
| 1st | 373 | Nick Browne Alastair Cook | v Middlesex | Chelmsford | 2017 |
| 2nd | 403 | Graham Gooch Paul Prichard | v Leicestershire | Chelmsford | 1990 |
| 3rd | 347* | Mark Waugh Nasser Hussain | v Lancashire | Ilford | 1992 |
| 4th | 314 | Saleem Malik Nasser Hussain | v Surrey | The Oval | 1991 |
| 5th | 339 | James Foster Jaik Mickleburgh | v Durham | Chester-le-Street | 2010 |
| 6th | 253 | Adam Wheater James Foster | v Northants | Chelmsford | 2011 |
| 7th | 261 | Johnny Douglas John Freeman | v Lancashire | Leyton | 1914 |
| 8th | 263 | Denys Wilcox Reginald Taylor | v Warwickshire | Southend-on-Sea | 1946 |
| 9th | 251 | Johnny Douglas Steriker Hare | v Derbyshire | Leyton | 1921 |
| 10th | 218 | Frank Vigar Peter Smith | v Derbyshire | Chesterfield | 1947 |
| Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 28 June 2017 ||||||