Fielding Most Catches Match

Essex vs other countries FC 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
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
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
BF Smith	Worcs	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	14 Jun 2006	First-class
GA Hick	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
A Lyth	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	4	11 Sep 2012	First-class
PA Jaques	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
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
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
AA Mailey	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	27 Jul 1921	First-class
HSTL Hendry	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	27 Jul 1921	First-class
A Jackson	Australians	v Essex	Leyton	3	7 May 1930	First-class
H Sutcliffe	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	3	15 Jun 1932	First-class
AC Rhodes	Yorkshire	v Essex	Leyton	3	15 Jun 1932	First-class
JWT Grimshaw	Cambridge U	v Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea	3	15 Jun 1935	First-class
PA Gibb	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
KD Walters	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
NJN Hawke	Australians	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	3	26 Jun 1968	First-class
PJ Sharpe	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	3	25 Jul 1970	First-class
RA Hutton	Yorkshire	v Essex	Colchester	3	25 Jul 1970	First-class
R Edwards	Australians	v Essex	Ilford	3	17 Jun 1972	First-class
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
AR Border	Australians	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	19 Aug 1989	First-class
Wasim Akram	Pakistanis	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	1 Aug 1992	First-class
MR Ramprakash	Middlesex	v Essex	Colchester	3	26 Aug 1993	First-class
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
DD Cherry	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	24 Jul 2002	First-class
DA Cosker	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	24 Jul 2002	First-class
MP Dowman	Derbyshire	v Essex	Derby	3	7 Aug 2002	First-class
W Jaffer	Indians	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	14 Aug 2002	First-class
GJ Muchall	Durham	v Essex	Colchester	3	21 Aug 2002	First-class
Azhar Mahmood	Surrey	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	21 May 2003	First-class
CJ Adams	Sussex	v Essex	Arundel	3	9 Jul 2003	First-class
JER Gallian	Notts	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	3 Sep 2003	First-class
NV Knight	Warwickshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	11 Sep 2003	First-class
MP Maynard	Glamorgan	v Essex	Cardiff	3	12 May 2004	First-class
MJ Wood	Yorkshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	2 Jun 2004	First-class
MJ Brown	Hampshire	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	9 Jun 2004	First-class
DL Hemp	Glamorgan	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	2 Sep 2004	First-class
JC Hildreth	Somerset	v Essex	Taunton	3	27 Apr 2005	First-class
ML Love	Northants	v Essex	Chelmsford	3	10 Jul 2005	First-class

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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:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2025 [Test # 2615 - Live]
>> 4/0 (1.0 ov, TM Head 0*, SM Boland 4*, AAP Atkinson 0/4) - Stumps

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Hambantota, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class]