Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles. 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... Leyton is a town in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Mark Pettini (born August 7, 1983) is an English cricketer. ... Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... The traditional counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England into around forty areas, which were used for both administrative and general geographical demarcation for several hundreds of years. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Essex is a county in the East of England. ...

The club plays most of its home games at the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford. It also plays some games at Lower Castle Park in Colchester and at Garons Park in Southend. The club has formerly used other venues throughout the county including Ilford, Leyton Cricket Ground, Romford and Billericay. The County Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in Chelmsford, England. ... Chelmsford Borough Council Coat Of Arms Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England. ... Castle Park Cricket Ground is occasionally used by Essex County Cricket Club for some of their First-class cricket matches. ... The town of Colchester is the main settlement in the East of England borough of Colchester, Essex. ... Southend-on-Sea is a resort town in Essex, England. ... Ilford is a district of the London Borough of Redbridge in east London, England. ... Leyton Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Leyton, London (as the name implies, sic). ... Romford is a large suburban town in Greater London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. ... Statistics Population: 40,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ675945 Administration District: Basildon Shire county: Essex Region: East of England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Essex Historic county: Essex Services Police force: Essex Police Ambulance service: East of England Post office and telephone Post town...

Essex CCC is presently captained by Mark Pettini and has a very strong limited overs team which has won the National League in both 2005 and 2006. They are in Division Two of the County Championship, having narrowly missed promotion at the end of the 2006 season.

Honours

• County Championship (6) - 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1992

Division Two (1) - 2002

• Gillette/NatWest/C&G Trophy (2) - 1985, 1997
• Sunday/National League (5) - 1981, 1984, 1985, 2005, 2006
• Twenty20 Cup (0) -
• Benson & Hedges Cup (2) - 1979, 1998

Second XI honours

• Second XI Championship (1) - 1973; shared (0) -
• Second XI Trophy (0) -
• Minor Counties Championship (0) - ; shared (0) -

Records

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Earliest cricket

It is almost certain that cricket reached Essex by the 16th century and that it developed during the 17th century with inter-parish matches being played.

The first definite mention of cricket in connection with the county is a highly controversial match in 1724 between Chingford and Mr Edward Stead’s XI, which is recorded in The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn. The venue is unknown but, if it was at Chingford, it is also the earliest reference to cricket being played in Essex as well as by an Essex team. The game echoed an earlier one in 1718 as the Chingford team refused to play to a finish when Mr Stead's team had the advantage. A court case followed and, as in 1718, it was ordered to be played out presumably so that all wagers could be fulfilled. We know that Lord Chief Justice Pratt presided over the case and that he ordered them to play it out on Dartford Brent, though it is not known if this was the original venue. The game was completed in 1726. Edward Stead (aka Edwin Steed) (Maidstone, Kent, 1701 – 28 August 1735 in London) was a famous patron of English, particularly Kent, cricket during its formative years in the early 18th Century. ... Henry Thomas Waghorn (born 11 April 1842 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 30 January 1930 in Walmer, Kent) was a cricket statistician and historian. ... Dartford Brent was an extensive area of common land on the outskirts of Dartford in Kent. ...

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The earliest reference to a team called Essex is in July 1732 when a combined Essex & Herts team played against the famous London Cricket Club. There was definitely a London Club playing matches by 1722, when it was referred to in a game versus Dartford, but teams styled London are known as far back as 1707. ...

In July 1737, there was London v Essex at the Artillery Ground, London winning by 45 runs. In a return game at Ilford on 1 August 1737, Essex won by 7 runs. The earliest definite cricket match at the Artillery Ground took place on 31 August 1730 between teams styled London and Surrey. ...

References are then occasional until 1785 when the Hornchurch Cricket Club became prominent. This club had a very strong team that was representative of Essex as a county. However, the sources differed among themselves re whether the team should be called Essex or Hornchurch. But there is no doubt that Essex was a first-class county from 1785 until 1794, after which the county strangely and abruptly disappeared from the records for a long time.

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Origin of club

Little was heard of Essex cricket from 1794 until the formation of Essex CCC on 14 January 1876 at a meeting in the Shire Hall, Brentwood. The new club did not become first-class until 1894.

Essex CCC played its inaugural first-class match on 14, 15 & 16 May 1894 versus Leicestershire CCC at Leyton. It was the initial first-class match played by either club. In 1895, both of these clubs and Warwickshire CCC joined the County Championship. Leicestershire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Leicester. ... Warwickshire County Cricket Club is a cricket club (team) based at the County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England (Birmingham historically being part of Warwickshire). ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

In the club's first championship season, James Burns scored 114 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston and this was the first-ever century for Essex in the County Championship. But the most notable feat was by Walter Mead who took 17-119 against Hampshire CCC at Southampton. James W. Burns is a Directors Emeritus at the Power Corporation of Canada. ... Edgbaston Cricket Ground (sometimes called Edgbaston Stadium) is a cricket venue in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. ... Walter Russell Mead is the Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and one of the country’s leading students of American foreign policy. ... Hampshire County Cricket Club (HCCC) is a first-class cricket club based in the south of England. ...

Club history

Essex CCC 1897

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This was never more so than in the visit of Yorkshire CCC to Leyton in 1932 when Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes scored 555 for the first wicket to establish a record partnership in English cricket. At Colchester in 1938, Arthur Fagg of Kent CCC scored 244 and 202* to record the unique feat of two double centuries in one match. Yorkshire County Cricket Club is a county cricket club based at Headingley in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ... Herbert Sutcliffe (born November 24, 1894, Summerbridge, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England; died January 22, 1978, Cross Hills, Yorkshire, England) was arguably the greatest opening batsman in cricket history and undoubtedly one of the greatest players of any type the game has known. ... Percy Holmes, born at Oakes, Huddersfield, on November 25, 1886 and died at Huddersfield on September 3, 1971, was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England. ... Arthur Edward Fagg, born June 18, 1915 and died September 13, 1977, was a cricketer who played for Kent and England. ... Kent County Cricket Club is an English county cricket club based at Canterbury, Kent. ...

In 1966, Essex acquired its present county ground at Chelmsford.

Notable players

Although Essex had to wait until the late 1970s and the advent of limited overs cricket before it could produce a team strong enough to win trophies, the county has produced many famous players in its history.

These included spinners Walter Mead, batsman Percy Perrin, the fast bowlers Charles Kortright and Ken Farnes, the all-rounder Stan Nichols, England captain Johnny Douglas and batsman C A G Russell. Walter Mead (born April 1, 1868, Clapton, London, died March 18, 1954, Shelley, Essex) was the principle bowler for Essex during their first two decades as a first-class county. ... Percival Albert Perrin, known as either Percy or Peter, was a cricketer who played for Essex as a right-handed, middle-order batsman for more than 30 years from 1896. ... Charles Jesse Kortright (born January 9, 1871 at Furze Hall, Fryerning, Ingatestone, Essex; died December 12, 1952 at Brookstreet, South Weald, Essex) was an English cricketer who played for Essex and Free Foresters. ... – Kenneth Farnes (July 8, 1911 - October 20, 1941) was an English cricketer. ... Stan Nichols (Morris Stanley Nichols and sometimes called since his death Morris Nichols; born October 6, 1900, Stondon Massey, Essex, England; died 26 January 1961, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England) was the leading all-rounder in English cricket for much of the 1930s. ... John (Johnny) William Henry Tyler Douglas (3 September 1882-19 December 1930) was one of the finest English cricketers of his generation. ... Charles Albert George Jack Russell (erroneously written during his playing career as Albert Charles Russell) (born October 7, 1887, Leyton, Essex, England; died March 23, 1961, Whipps Cross, Leytonstone, Essex, England) was one of the leading batsmen in county cricket during the period after World War I. Never regarded as...

The great all rounder Trevor Bailey, known as "The Barnacle" for his stubborn batting, was something of an Essex icon. Bailey was an England regular in his prime and later graced Test Match Special for many years. Trevor Edward Bailey (born December 3, 1923 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex) was a talented English Test cricketer. ... Test Match Special (known as TMS) is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (long wave), Five Live Sports Extra (digital) and the internet to the United Kingdom and (where broadcasting rights permit) the rest of the world. ...

But the greatest Essex player was surely Graham Gooch, one of England's finest ever opening batsmen, even though he began his Test career with a pair against Australia in 1975. He didn't return to the England team until 1978, but after a slow start began to assert his dominance over Test bowlers as he had on the county scene. Dedicated to training, he forced his burly physique through a tough regime to prolong his career long after some of his contemporaries had retired. Graham Alan Gooch (born July 23, 1953) is a former cricket captain for Essex and England. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

Gooch starred in a powerful Essex outfit in the late 1970s with county captain and England batsman Keith Fletcher, tireless left arm seamer John Lever, belligerent South African Ken McEwan and spinner and prankster Ray East well to the fore. In the 1980s Essex produced England all rounder Derek Pringle and fast bowler Neil Foster. Keith William Robert Fletcher (nickname: The Gnome of Essex) is a former English cricketer who played for Essex and England. ... John Kenneth Lever (born February 24, 1949, Stepney, London) is a former English cricketer who played in 21 Tests and 22 ODIs from 1976 to 1986. ... Kenneth Scott McEwan, born at Bedford, South Africa on July 16, 1952, was a cricketer who played principally for Eastern Province and Essex. ... Raymond Eric East (born June 20, 1947 in Manningtree) was an English cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club. ... Derek Pringle (born 18 September 1958) is a British cricketer. ... Neil Alan Foster (born May 6, 1962, Colchester, Essex) is a former English cricketer who played in 29 Tests and 48 ODIs from 1983 to 1993. ...

In the 1990s, Essex had more internationals, including Nasser Hussain, who captained England in several series. Bowlers Mark Ilott and Peter Such earned caps, as well as wicket keeper James Foster. Ashley Cowan toured the West Indies in 1997/98 without playing an international match. Essex were also able to sign England fast bowlers Darren Gough and Alex Tudor, after they left Yorkshire and Surrey respectively. Nasser Hussain (born March 28, 1968, Madras (now Chennai, India) is a former Essex and England cricketer. ... Mark Christopher Ilott (born August 27, 1970 in Watford, Hertfordshire) is an English cricketer. ... Peter Mark Such (born June 12, 1964 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire) is an English cricketer. ... James Foster is a wicket keeper for Essex County Cricket Club. ... Ashley Cowan (born May 7, 1975) was an English cricketer between 1995 and 2005. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Darren Gough (born September 18, 1970, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire) is an English cricketer. ... Alex Tudor (born October 23, 1977 in Kensington) is an English cricketer, now playing for Essex after starting his professional career at Surrey. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in south London. ...

Enjoying a new sponsorship deal at their Chelmsford home, and a pitch which is always full of runs, Essex, led by combative all rounder Ronnie Irani and boasting the excellent Zimbabwe-born batsman Andy Flower in their ranks, currently have a young team with the talent required to relive their glory days. Recent use of overseas international players including Danish Kaneria and Andre Adams has also increased the overall strength of their squad. They fulfilled their promise by winning the National League Division 1 title in 2005, their first major title in eight years. Ronald Charles Ronnie Irani (born 26 October 1971 in Leigh, Lancashire) is an British Asian cricketer of Parsi descent. ... Andrew Andy Flower (born 28 April 1968 in Cape Town, South Africa) was a cricket player for Zimbabwe and arguably its greatest. ... Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria (Urdu: دانش پرابھا شنکر کنیریا) (born 16 December 1980), or Dinesh Kineria, popularly known as Danish Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer (leg spin bowler). ... Andre Ryan Adams (born 17 July 1975, Auckland) is a New Zealand cricketer of Caribbean descent who has played one Test and 39 one-day internationals, taking 52 wickets at a bowling average of just under 30. ... // The National League, currently sponsored as the Pro 40 League and formerly the totesport League, is the one-day cricket league for first class cricket counties in England. ... See also: Notable achievements in the 2005 English cricket season The 2005 English cricket season is one of the most eagerly anticipated in recent times. ...

The future looks bright for Essex, especially with the breakthrough of young talent. Alastair Cook has become a regular England batsman, having previously been the England Under 19s captain, and after scoring a famous double century against the touring Australians in 2005. Ravinder Bopara is another promising youngster, who is widely tipped for success. Alastair Cook should not be confused with Alistair Cooke, journalist and broadcaster. ... Ravinder Singh (Ravi) Bopara (born 4 May 1985, Forest Gate, Newham, London) is an English cricketer who plays for Essex. ...

2006 Season

In 2006, Essex successfully defended their National League title in the newly rebranded Pro40 format by the narrowest of margins, having tied for the title on points. The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada and the worlds oldest extant professional team sports league. ... // The National League, currently sponsored as the NatWest Pro40 League and formerly the totesport League, is the one-day cricket league for first class cricket counties in England. ...

The club missed out on promotion in the County Championship only on the last day of the season, losing to Leicestershire while their rivals Worcestershire beat Northamptonshire. Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ... Worcestershire CCC logo Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire. ... Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. ...

In the Twenty20 Cup Essex beat Yorkshire to reach the semi-finals at Trent Bridge, although they were beaten in the semi-finals by eventual tournament winners Leicestershire. Essex also had Twenty20 success in the first floodlit Twenty20 Tournament, held between the four teams with permanent floodlights, in a series of 2 legged matches. Essex beat Derbyshire 1-0, after the first leg was washed out, and they won the second leg convincingly. The Twenty20 Cup is a cricket competition for English county clubs. ... Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ...

Notable and strange facts:

-In the Championship Essex were the only county who Mark Ramprakash did not score a fifty against. -The 150/9 scored against Leicestershire in the Twenty20 cup semi-final was the lowest total scored by Essex when they batted the whole innings -Essex's 2nd string XI did better than the England team did. They beat Sri Lanka in a one day match Mark Ravin Ramprakash (born 5 September 1969 in Bushey, Hertfordshire is an English cricketer. ... Leicestershire ( IPA: (RP), IPA: (locally)), abbreviation Leics. ...

Home grounds

• County Ground, Chelmsford
• Lower Castle Park, Colchester
• Garons Park, Southend

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Current squad

Ronnie Irani,Ex-Essex captain

Alastair Cook, Essex player and England regular

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Name	Nat	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Ravi Bopara		RHB	RM
Alastair Cook		LHB	RSW
Ronnie Irani		RHB	RM	Retired
James Middlebrook		RHB	OS
Mark Pettini (c)		RHB	RM
All-rounders
Grant Flower		RHB	SLA	Kolpak player
Graham Napier		RHB	RMF
Ryan ten Doeschate		RHB	RMF	Kolpak player
Wicket-keepers
James Foster		RHB
Bowlers
Jahid Ahmed		RHB	RMF
Andy Bichel		RHB	RMF	Overseas player Will replace Nel in mid-June 2007
Maurice Chambers		RHB	RF
Danish Kaneria		RHB	LB	Overseas player
Andre Nel		RHB	RFM	Overseas player Will leave for South Africa in mid-June 2007
Antonio Palladino		RHB	RM
Tim Phillips		LHB	SLA
Martin Saggers		RHB	RMF	On loan from Kent
Darren Thomas		LHB	RM
Alex Tudor		RHB	RF
Mervyn Westfield		RHB	RMF
Tom Westley		RHB	OB

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Essex facts and feats

• Essex have provided four players for the England test team on three occasions. Graham Gooch, Derek Pringle,Neil Foster and John Childs v West Indies at The Oval in 1988 and twice against Australia in 1993 with Graham Gooch, Nasser Hussain, Mark Ilott and Peter Such.

• Percy Perrin's 343 is the only triple century for Essex but broke a less welcome record too. It is the highest score made by a man on the losing side in first class cricket. Essex piled up 597, thanks to Perrin before 'Derbyshire CCC accomplished the most phenomenal performance ever recorded in First-Class cricket' in the words of Wisden. They replied with 548, dismissed Essex for 97 and won by nine wickets.

• Essex were the only team to bowl out Bradman's 1948 'Invincibles' in a day, at Southend. They famously conceded the little matter of 721 in the process.

• University games had traditionally seen County batsman improve their averages at the undergraduates expense but Cambridge batsmen John Dewes and Hubert Doggart both made double centuries in a record breaking stand of 429 against Essex in May 1949. Doggart had made history in 1948 by scoring 215* on his first class debut.

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References

• A Social History of English Cricket by Derek Birley
• Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians - various publications
• Cricket: History of its Growth and Development by Rowland Bowen
• Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
• From the Weald to the World by Peter Wynne-Thomas (PWT)
• Hamlyn A-Z of Cricket Records by Peter Wynne-Thomas
• Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
• The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
• Playfair Cricket Annual: various issues
• Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual): various issues

Sir Derek Birley (born 31 May 1926; died 14 May 2002) was an English educationalist and writer who had a strong interest in sport, especially cricket. ... The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians (ACS) was founded in England in 1973 for the purpose of researching and collating information about the history and statistics of cricket. ... Major Rowland Bowen (born c. ... George Bent Buckley (born in Yorkshire c. ... Peter Wynne-Thomas (born Retford, Nottinghamshire 30 July 1934) is an English cricket archivist, writer, historian and statistician. ... Peter Wynne-Thomas (born Retford, Nottinghamshire 30 July 1934) is an English cricket archivist, writer, historian and statistician. ... Arthur Haygarth (born 4 August 1825; died 1 May 1903) went to Harrow. ... Henry Thomas Waghorn (born 11 April 1842 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent; died 30 January 1930 in Walmer, Kent) was a cricket statistician and historian. ...

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