List of Essex County Cricket Club players

This is a complete list in alphabetical order of cricketers who have played for Essex County Cricket Club in top-class matches since 1894 when the team was elevated to first-class status before the club joined the County Championship in 1895.[1] Essex has been classified as a List A team since the beginning of limited overs cricket in 1963[2] and as a top-level Twenty20 team since the inauguration of the Twenty20 Cup in 2003.[3]

The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as an Essex player and then his name is given as it would appear on modern match scorecards. Note that many players represented other first-class teams besides Essex and that some played for the club in minor cricket before 1894. Current players are shown as active to the latest season in which they played for the club. The list excludes Second XI and other players who did not play for the club's first team and players whose first team appearances were in minor matches only.[4]

As of 29 September 2024

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  1. ^ Davis played in four County Championship matches during 1920 as well as for the Second XI during the same season. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[5]
  2. ^ Gunary was born at Dagenham in 1895. He was a farmer[6] who played club cricket for Ilford, captaining the first XI from 1929 to 1932,[7][8] as well as playing for both Dagenham and Dagenham United.[9] He played a single match for the county side, a 1929 fixture against Leicestershire in which he bowled 19 overs in the match without taking a wicket.[10]
  3. ^ Harris played in two first-class matches for the side as a wicket-keeper in 1905, scoring no runs and holding four catches.[11] He may have had the first initial J,[12] but otherwise no biographical details are known.
  4. ^ Naylor played in one first-class match for Essex as a wicket-keeper in 1906. He scored two runs and held two catches. Other than a surname and initial no biographical details are known.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "First-class events played by Essex". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  2. ^ "List A events played by Essex". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Twenty20 matches played by Essex". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Essex players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  5. ^ W Davis, CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2022. (subscription required)
  6. ^ "Notices" (PDF). The London Gazette. 21 July 1933. p. 4912. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Ilford Cricket Club sensation". The Recorder. 1 February 1929. p. 13. Retrieved 16 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Bill Gunary resigns". The Recorder. 8 September 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 16 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ Porter, J. "Cricket in Dagenham". Barking and District Historical Society. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  10. ^ "William Gunary". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  11. ^ Harris, CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2022. (subscription required)
  12. ^ Lemmon, David (1994). The Book of Essex Cricketers. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 79. ISBN 1873626770.
  13. ^ W Naylor, CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 April 2022. (subscription required)