Fielding Most Catches Match

Essex vs other countries FC+LA+T20s Fielding Records - Most Catches in a Match

Most catches in a match

Player	Team	Opposition	Ground	Ct Fi	Match Date	Scorecard
GA Hick	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	8	20 May 2005	First-class
FE Woolley	Kent	v Essex	Brentwood	5	30 May 1934	First-class
GV Gunn	Notts	v Essex	Worksop	5	20 Jul 1938	First-class
NEJ Pocock	Hampshire	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	5	13 Jul 1983	First-class
MA Ealham	Kent	v Essex	Tunbridge Wells	5	30 May 2001	First-class
MJ Wood	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leeds	5	21 Apr 2004	First-class
MA Ealham	Notts	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	5	28 Jul 2004	First-class
CM Spearman	Gloucs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	5	8 Aug 2007	First-class
ME Trescothick	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	5	5 Sep 2007	First-class
DJG Sales	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	5	16 Sep 2007	List A
CDJ Dent	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	5	3 May 2015	First-class
JJ Roy	Surrey	v Essex	Colchester	5	7 Aug 2015	First-class
JM Cooke	Durham MCCU	v Essex	Chelmsford	5	2 Apr 2017	First-class
AW Nourse	Sth Africans	v Essex	Leyton	4	23 May 1907	First-class
H Verity	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	4	15 Jun 1932	First-class
DR Wilcox	Cambridge U	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	24 Jun 1933	First-class
GS Ramchand	Indians	v Essex	Ilford	4	24 May 1952	First-class
JH Hampshire	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	4	25 Jul 1970	First-class
AL Wadekar	Indians	v Essex	Colchester	4	26 Jun 1971	First-class
RDV Knight	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	4	27 Aug 1983	First-class
G Yates	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	4	5 Jul 2000	List A
VS Solanki	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	19 Jul 2000	First-class
MCJ Ball	Gloucs	v Essex	Colchester	4	16 Aug 2000	First-class
A Flintoff	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	4	19 Jun 2001	First-class
PD Bowler	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	4	4 Jul 2001	First-class
PA Jaques	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	2 Jun 2004	First-class
GA Hick	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	14 Jun 2006	First-class
BF Smith	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	14 Jun 2006	First-class
BF Smith	Worcs	v Essex	Colchester	4	20 Aug 2008	First-class
RKJ Dawson	Gloucs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	4	5 Aug 2009	First-class
ND McKenzie	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	9 Apr 2010	First-class
M van Jaarsveld	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	10 May 2010	First-class
JC Tredwell	Kent	v Essex	Canterbury	4	29 Jul 2010	First-class
M van Jaarsveld	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	8 Apr 2011	First-class
LA Dawson	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	4	4 Sep 2012	First-class
JM Vince	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	4	4 Sep 2012	First-class
PA Jaques	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	11 Sep 2012	First-class
A Lyth	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	11 Sep 2012	First-class
JM Vince	Hampshire	v Essex	Southampton	4	15 Jun 2014	First-class
AP Agathangelou	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	31 May 2015	First-class
EJG Morgan	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	4	27 Jul 2017	Twenty20
LS Livingstone	Lancashire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	20 Apr 2018	First-class
J Overton	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	23 Jun 2019	First-class
RS Patel	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	8 Aug 2020	First-class
SJ Reingold	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	4	16 Aug 2021	List A
R Vasconcelos	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	28 Apr 2022	First-class
IG Holland	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	26 Jun 2022	First-class
EN Gay	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	4	26 Sep 2022	First-class
RM Yates	Warwickshire	v Essex	Birmingham	4	11 May 2023	First-class
HSTL Hendry	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	27 Jul 1921	First-class
AA Mailey	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	27 Jul 1921	First-class
A Jackson	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	3	7 May 1930	First-class
AC Rhodes	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	3	15 Jun 1932	First-class
H Sutcliffe	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	3	15 Jun 1932	First-class
PA Gibb	Cambridge U	v Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea	3	15 Jun 1935	First-class
JWT Grimshaw	Cambridge U	v Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea	3	15 Jun 1935	First-class
LJ Todd	Kent	v Essex	Gravesend	3	7 May 1938	First-class
PF Jackson	Worcs	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	1 Jun 1938	First-class
JP Blake	Hampshire	v Essex	Portsmouth	3	2 Jul 1938	First-class
SW Sohoni	Indians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	24 Aug 1946	First-class
AC Revill	Pearce's XI	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	14 May 1952	First-class
WA Johnston	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	12 Aug 1953	First-class
WR Endean	Sth Africans	v Essex	Colchester	3	1 Jun 1955	First-class
KJ Grieves	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	3	22 May 1963	List A
RGA Headley	Worcs	v Essex	Worcester	3	22 Jun 1966	List A
NJN Hawke	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	26 Jun 1968	First-class
IR Redpath	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	26 Jun 1968	First-class
KD Walters	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	26 Jun 1968	First-class
RC Davis	Glamorgan	v Essex	Swansea	3	31 Aug 1969	List A
RA Hutton	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	3	25 Jul 1970	First-class
PJ Sharpe	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	3	25 Jul 1970	First-class
AR Lewis	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	25 Apr 1971	List A
MJ Smith	Middlesex	v Essex	Lord's	3	27 Jun 1971	List A
R Edwards	Australians	v Essex	Ilford	3	17 Jun 1972	First-class
MH Denness	Kent	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	3 May 1975	List A
AR Garofall	Herts	v Essex	Hitchin	3	11 Jul 1981	List A
JC Balderstone	Leics	v Essex	Leicester	3	25 May 1983	First-class
NGB Cook	Leics	v Essex	Leicester	3	25 May 1983	First-class
MA Lynch	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	28 May 1983	First-class
G Cook	Northants	v Essex	Ilford	3	22 Jun 1983	First-class
DL Amiss	Warwickshire	v Essex	Nuneaton	3	9 Jul 1983	First-class
MCJ Nicholas	Hampshire	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	13 Jul 1983	First-class
IP Butcher	Leics	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	10 Aug 1983	First-class
DJ Capel	Northants	v Essex	Wellingborough	3	13 Aug 1983	First-class
ST Clarke	Surrey	v Essex	The Oval	3	27 Aug 1983	First-class
CWJ Athey	Gloucs	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	5 May 1984	List A
AR Border	Australians	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	19 Aug 1989	First-class
Wasim Akram	Pakistanis	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	1 Aug 1992	First-class
RE East	Suffolk	v Essex	Bury St Edmunds	3	22 Jun 1993	List A
MR Ramprakash	Middlesex	v Essex	Colchester	3	26 Aug 1993	First-class
AJ Pugh	Devon	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	25 Jun 1996	List A
KA Parsons	Somerset	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	6 Jul 1997	List A
MW Alleyne	Gloucs	v Essex	Bristol	3	6 Jun 2000	First-class
PN Weekes	Middlesex	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	28 Jun 2000	First-class
CG Taylor	Gloucs	v Essex	Colchester	3	16 Aug 2000	First-class
NH Fairbrother	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	3	19 Jun 2001	First-class
G Keedy	Lancashire	v Essex	Manchester	3	19 Jun 2001	First-class
KP Dutch	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	3	4 Jul 2001	First-class
MEK Hussey	Northants	v Essex	Northampton	3	27 Jul 2001	First-class
D Byas	Yorkshire	v Essex	Scarborough	3	12 Sep 2001	First-class

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Figures exclude catches not 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