Fielding Most Catches Innings

Essex vs other countries FC+LA+T20s Fielding Records - Most Catches in an Innings

Most catches in an innings

Player	Ct Fi	Innings in match	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GA Hick	5	1	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 May 2005	First-class
DJG Sales	5	1	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	16 Sep 2007	List A
NEJ Pocock	4	1	Hampshire	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	13 Jul 1983	First-class
G Yates	4	2	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	5 Jul 2000	List A
VS Solanki	4	2	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jul 2000	First-class
BF Smith	4	2	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Jun 2006	First-class
CM Spearman	4	4	Gloucs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	8 Aug 2007	First-class
PA Jaques	4	4	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Sep 2012	First-class
EJG Morgan	4	2	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	27 Jul 2017	Twenty20
SJ Reingold	4	1	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	16 Aug 2021	List A
AW Nourse	3	1	Sth Africans	v Essex	Leyton	23 May 1907	First-class
A Jackson	3	4	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	7 May 1930	First-class
H Verity	3	2	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	15 Jun 1932	First-class
FE Woolley	3	2	Kent	v Essex	Brentwood	30 May 1934	First-class
PF Jackson	3	2	Worcs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	1 Jun 1938	First-class
GV Gunn	3	1	Notts	v Essex	Worksop	20 Jul 1938	First-class
SW Sohoni	3	1	Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	24 Aug 1946	First-class
KJ Grieves	3	2	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	22 May 1963	List A
RGA Headley	3	2	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	22 Jun 1966	List A
RC Davis	3	1	Glamorgan	v Essex	Swansea	31 Aug 1969	List A
JH Hampshire	3	3	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	25 Jul 1970	First-class
AR Lewis	3	1	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 Apr 1971	List A
AL Wadekar	3	2	Indians	v Essex	Colchester	26 Jun 1971	First-class
MJ Smith	3	1	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	27 Jun 1971	List A
MH Denness	3	1	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	3 May 1975	List A
AR Garofall	3	1	Herts	v Essex	Hitchin	11 Jul 1981	List A
MA Lynch	3	1	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	28 May 1983	First-class
G Cook	3	2	Northants	v Essex	Ilford	22 Jun 1983	First-class
CWJ Athey	3	1	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 May 1984	List A
AR Border	3	2	Australians	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Aug 1989	First-class
RE East	3	1	Suffolk	v Essex	Bury St Edmunds	22 Jun 1993	List A
AJ Pugh	3	1	Devon	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 Jun 1996	List A
KA Parsons	3	1	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	6 Jul 1997	List A
MW Alleyne	3	3	Gloucs	v Essex	Bristol	6 Jun 2000	First-class
MCJ Ball	3	4	Gloucs	v Essex	Colchester	16 Aug 2000	First-class
MA Ealham	3	2	Kent	v Essex	Tunbridge Wells	30 May 2001	First-class
NH Fairbrother	3	2	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	19 Jun 2001	First-class
A Flintoff	3	3	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	19 Jun 2001	First-class
KP Dutch	3	2	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	4 Jul 2001	First-class
PD Bowler	3	3	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	4 Jul 2001	First-class
GJ Muchall	3	2	Durham	v Essex	Colchester	21 Aug 2002	First-class
NV Knight	3	1	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	28 May 2003	List A
GG Wagg	3	2	Warwickshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	15 Jun 2003	List A
NV Knight	3	3	Warwickshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Sep 2003	First-class
MJ Wood	3	3	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leeds	21 Apr 2004	First-class
MJ Wood	3	4	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 Jun 2004	First-class
MA Ealham	3	3	Notts	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	28 Jul 2004	First-class
GA Hick	3	3	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 May 2005	First-class
ML Love	3	1	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	10 Jul 2005	First-class
GA Hick	3	3	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Jun 2006	First-class
DL Hemp	3	2	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jul 2006	First-class
WJ Durston	3	3	Somerset	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	2 Aug 2006	First-class
J Allenby	3	2	Leics	v Essex	Nottingham	12 Aug 2006	Twenty20
JP Crawley	3	1	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	29 Apr 2007	List A
ME Trescothick	3	1	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 Sep 2007	First-class
HH Dippenaar	3	2	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 May 2008	First-class
DL Maddy	3	2	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	12 Aug 2008	First-class
PJ Horton	3	2	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	23 May 2009	List A
JM Kemp	3	1	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	25 May 2009	Twenty20
LA Dawson	3	2	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	4 Jun 2009	Twenty20
CG Taylor	3	1	Gloucs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	5 Aug 2009	First-class
RKJ Dawson	3	3	Gloucs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	5 Aug 2009	First-class
AJ Hall	3	2	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	15 Sep 2009	First-class
ND McKenzie	3	1	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	9 Apr 2010	First-class
SC Moore	3	1	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 Apr 2010	First-class
SD Snell	3	1	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	9 May 2010	List A
CG Taylor	3	1	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	9 May 2010	List A
M van Jaarsveld	3	2	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	10 May 2010	First-class
JC Tredwell	3	2	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	29 Jul 2010	First-class
MJ Di Venuto	3	3	Durham	v Essex	Chelmsford	7 Sep 2010	First-class
M van Jaarsveld	3	2	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	8 Apr 2011	First-class
AJ Hall	3	3	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 Jun 2011	First-class
MR Ramprakash	3	4	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	7 Sep 2011	First-class
APR Gidman	3	1	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 Apr 2012	First-class
GH Dockrell	3	2	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	24 Jul 2012	Twenty20
RWT Key	3	2	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	8 Aug 2012	First-class
PJ Horton	3	1	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 Aug 2012	List A
TMJ Smith	3	2	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	27 Aug 2012	List A
A Lyth	3	2	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Sep 2012	First-class
JHK Adams	3	2	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	24 Sep 2013	First-class
JM Vince	3	2	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	24 Sep 2013	First-class
JJ Roy	3	1	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	25 May 2014	First-class
SB Styris	3	2	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 Jul 2014	List A
DKH Mitchell	3	2	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 Sep 2014	First-class
CDJ Dent	3	1	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	3 May 2015	First-class
BAC Howell	3	2	Gloucs	v Essex	Bristol	24 May 2015	Twenty20
NRT Gubbins	3	1	Middlesex	v Essex	Richmond	10 Jul 2015	Twenty20
JJ Roy	3	3	Surrey	v Essex	Colchester	7 Aug 2015	First-class
R Clarke	3	2	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	13 Aug 2015	Twenty20
MH Wessels	3	2	Notts	v Essex	Nottingham	8 Aug 2016	Twenty20
JM Cooke	3	1	Durham MCCU	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 Apr 2017	First-class
KA Hope	3	2	West Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Aug 2017	First-class
Imran Qayyum	3	2	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 Aug 2017	Twenty20
HG Kuhn	3	1	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	6 Jun 2018	List A
JHK Adams	3	1	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	29 Aug 2018	First-class
R Clarke	3	4	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	24 Sep 2018	First-class
MT Renshaw	3	1	Kent	v Essex	Beckenham	5 May 2019	List A
J Overton	3	3	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 Jun 2019	First-class
TB Abell	3	2	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	7 Aug 2019	Twenty20
C Overton	3	2	Somerset	v Essex	Lord's	23 Sep 2020	First-class

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Figures exclude catches made as a wicketkeeper
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Wellington vs Northern Districts at Whangarei, Plunket Shield 10th Match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 287/3 (94.0 ov, JF Carter 35*, RR O'Donnell 11*, Yahya Zeb 1/41) - Stumps

Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Maggona, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 12-14, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 64/1 (17.0 ov, TD Polgampola 13*, WWAG Maneeshan 27*, PWS Dulshan 1/19) - Drinks

Auckland vs Canterbury at Christchurch, Plunket Shield 11th Match, Dec 13-16, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 37/3 (20.0 ov, DN Phillips 28*, CD Fletcher 2*, CB Paul 0/6) - Stumps