This is a list of cricketers who played for

Essex county cricket teams Essex county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in cricket goes back much further than that. It is almost certain that cricket reached Essex by the 16th century and that it developed during the 1 ...

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

matches. Essex teams played five matches which are now considered first-class between 1787 and 1793. The Essex-based

Hornchurch Cricket Club Hornchurch Cricket Club is a cricket club based at Harrow Lodge Park in Hornchurch, England. History 2024 T10 European Cricket League Champions. Hornchurch Cricket Club was established in 1783. The club had several good players and for the ...

played nine matches over the same period which are also considered first-class and many players appeared for both sides, although the Hornchurch side is not generally considered representative of the county. The current

Essex County Cricket Club 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 w ...

was established in 1874 and has held first-class status since 1894, first appearing in the

County Championship The County Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Rothesay County Championship, is the only domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales. Established in 1890, it is organised by the England and Wales Cri ...

in 1895.History
Essex County Cricket Club. Retrieved 2024-06-08.

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Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...

Essex first-class cricketers