Team Smallest Margins

Essex vs other countries FC Team Records - Smallest Margins

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Hampshire	2 runs	0	360	123.5	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jul 2012	First-class
Glamorgan	11 runs	0	264	87.5	v Essex	Chelmsford	12 Sep 2016	First-class
Hampshire	12 runs	0	198	71.2	v Essex	Ilford	14 Jun 1986	First-class
Cambridge U	31 runs	0	372	114.3	v Essex	Chelmsford	24 Jun 1933	First-class
Lancashire	38 runs	0	98	22.2	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 Sep 2022	First-class
Worcs	43 runs	0	184	46.3	v Essex	Chelmsford	29 Aug 2024	First-class
Somerset	45 runs	0	205	61.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	15 Jun 1938	First-class
Somerset	45 runs	0	336	106.0	v Essex	Taunton	19 Aug 2018	First-class
Kent	55 runs	0	291	80.1	v Essex	Canterbury	30 Jul 2003	First-class
Kent	57 runs	0	285	70.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	8 Apr 2011	First-class
Worcs	60 runs	0	205	62.2	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	1 Jun 1938	First-class
Gloucs	61 runs	0	213	43.3	v Essex	Cheltenham	13 Jul 2016	First-class
Gloucs	70 runs	0	330	70.5	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	8 Aug 2007	First-class
Worcs	72 runs	0	209	40.5	v Essex	Worcester	18 May 2014	First-class
Worcs	75 runs	0	340	67.2	v Essex	Worcester	30 May 2008	First-class
Glamorgan	89 runs	0	364	87.4	v Essex	Cardiff	18 May 2015	First-class
Yorkshire	91 runs	0	238	53.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	4 May 2018	First-class
N Zealanders	92 runs	0	293	70.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 May 2008	First-class
Australians	97 runs	0	185	34.4	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	4 Jun 1938	First-class
Kent	99 runs	0	277	59.5	v Essex	Canterbury	29 Jul 2010	First-class
Gloucs	104 runs	0	348	84.0	v Essex	Colchester	16 Aug 2000	First-class
West Indians	105 runs	0	203	36.3	v Essex	Chelmsford	28 Jul 1976	First-class
Surrey	109 runs	0	349	68.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	7 Sep 2011	First-class
Hampshire	114 runs	0	350	55.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	9 Jun 2004	First-class
Yorkshire	127 runs	0	218	24.4	v Essex	Sheffield	18 May 1938	First-class
Yorkshire	137 runs	0	254	49.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 Jun 2004	First-class
Surrey	145 runs	0	361	61.1	v Essex	The Oval	30 Jun 2024	First-class
Australians	150 runs	0	356	56.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Aug 1989	First-class
Australians	169 runs	0	370	48.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Jul 2015	First-class
Surrey	186 runs	0	438	83.2	v Essex	The Oval	11 Jun 1938	First-class
Kent	192 runs	0	348	57.2	v Essex	Chelmsford	29 Apr 2009	First-class
Glamorgan	202 runs	0	281	43.1	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	30 Jul 2008	First-class
Australians	207 runs	0	354	89.0	v Essex	Leyton	7 May 1930	First-class
Somerset	219 runs	0	432	67.2	v Essex	Colchester	18 Aug 2010	First-class
Worcs	225 runs	0	336	43.5	v Essex	Worcester	16 May 2025	First-class
Hampshire	227 runs	0	392	85.3	v Essex	Portsmouth	2 Jul 1938	First-class
Middlesex	237 runs	0	380	40.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	28 Jun 2000	First-class
Yorkshire	239 runs	0	388	51.5	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Sep 2012	First-class
Surrey	258 runs	0	506	62.2	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 May 2003	First-class
Pakistanis	271 runs	0	390	37.2	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 Aug 1996	First-class
Notts	301 runs	0	441	58.5	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 Jun 2018	First-class
Hampshire	470 runs	0	606	39.1	v Essex	Southampton	15 Jun 2014	First-class

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Middlesex	1 wicket	0	241	83.2	v Essex	Chelmsford	18 Jun 1938	First-class
Indians	1 wicket	0	367	126.1	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	24 Aug 1946	First-class
West Indians	2 wickets	0	134	37.7x8	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 1939	First-class
West Indians	3 wickets	0	93	23.5	v Essex	Ilford	9 Jun 1923	First-class
Notts	3 wickets	0	379	71.0	v Essex	Nottingham	16 Sep 2004	First-class
Lancashire	3 wickets	0	253	46.5	v Essex	Manchester	7 May 2013	First-class
Surrey	3 wickets	0	313	79.1	v Essex	Colchester	7 Aug 2015	First-class
Hampshire	3 wickets	0	267	58.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Sep 2023	First-class
Somerset	3 wickets	0	167	44.1	v Essex	Taunton	3 May 2024	First-class
Somerset	3 wickets	0	321	93.4	v Essex	Taunton	2 May 2025	First-class
Yorkshire	4 wickets	0	257	74.3	v Essex	Ilford	11 May 1938	First-class
Leics	4 wickets	0	214	40.1	v Essex	Leicester	25 May 1983	First-class
Hampshire	4 wickets	0	407	106.1	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	13 Jul 1983	First-class
Glamorgan	4 wickets	0	221	65.2	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 Sep 2004	First-class
Derbyshire	4 wickets	0	266	59.4	v Essex	Derby	23 Apr 2008	First-class
Leics	4 wickets	0	159	31.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jun 2016	First-class
Warwickshire	4 wickets	0	100	27.2	v Essex	Birmingham	11 May 2023	First-class
Sussex	5 wickets	0	241	58.0	v Essex	Hove	9 Jul 1938	First-class
Somerset	5 wickets	0	289	66.1	v Essex	Colchester	24 Aug 2005	First-class
Leics	5 wickets	0	301	70.1	v Essex	Leicester	20 Sep 2006	First-class
Kent	6 wickets	0	163	26.4	v Essex	Gravesend	7 May 1938	First-class
Kent	6 wickets	0	321	74.3	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 May 1983	First-class
Glamorgan	6 wickets	0	364	80.5	v Essex	Chelmsford	6 Jun 2001	First-class
Sussex	6 wickets	0	256	77.1	v Essex	Arundel	9 Jul 2003	First-class
Surrey	6 wickets	0	177	43.2	v Essex	Croydon	31 May 2006	First-class
Northants	6 wickets	0	109	29.3	v Essex	Northampton	2 May 2007	First-class
Somerset	6 wickets	0	182	31.5	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 Sep 2007	First-class
Worcs	6 wickets	0	347	89.4	v Essex	Colchester	20 Aug 2008	First-class
Warwickshire	6 wickets	0	144	38.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 Sep 2008	First-class
Kent	6 wickets	0	70	14.3	v Essex	Canterbury	31 Aug 2011	First-class
Leics	6 wickets	0	163	44.3	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 2015	First-class
Surrey	6 wickets	0	161	57.4	v Essex	The Oval	19 Jul 2022	First-class
Australians	7 wickets	0	93	35.0x5	v Essex	Leyton	14 May 1896	First-class
Cambridge U	7 wickets	0	98	45.3	v Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea	15 Jun 1935	First-class
West Indians	7 wickets	0	186	35.2	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	23 Aug 1950	First-class
Surrey	7 wickets	0	122	32.3	v Essex	The Oval	27 Aug 1983	First-class
Pakistanis	7 wickets	0	193	34.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Aug 1992	First-class
Middlesex	7 wickets	0	135	30.1	v Essex	Colchester	26 Aug 1993	First-class
Notts	7 wickets	0	188	41.5	v Essex	Nottingham	8 May 2002	First-class
Yorkshire	7 wickets	0	128	31.3	v Essex	Leeds	21 Apr 2004	First-class
Warwickshire	7 wickets	0	155	49.1	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	4 Aug 2010	First-class
Warwickshire	7 wickets	0	153	38.5	v Essex	Birmingham	25 Aug 2010	First-class
Warwickshire	7 wickets	0	256	80.4	v Essex	Birmingham	22 Apr 2021	First-class
Glamorgan	8 wickets	0	112	31.2	v Essex	Swansea	3 Jul 2002	First-class
Worcs	8 wickets	0	82	23.4	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	10 Jul 2002	First-class
Notts	8 wickets	0	245	55.1	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	28 Jul 2004	First-class
Worcs	8 wickets	0	167	32.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 May 2005	First-class
Lancashire	8 wickets	0	155	51.5	v Essex	Chelmsford	9 Sep 2005	First-class
Leics	8 wickets	0	48	10.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	3 May 2006	First-class
Northants	8 wickets	0	176	39.2	v Essex	Northampton	6 May 2009	First-class
Lancashire	8 wickets	0	38	12.3	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 Apr 2010	First-class
Middlesex	8 wickets	0	54	10.5	v Essex	Lord's	14 Apr 2011	First-class
Lancashire	9 wickets	0	53	10.5	v Essex	Manchester	19 Jun 2001	First-class
Somerset	9 wickets	0	64	9.1	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 Sep 2001	First-class
Warwickshire	9 wickets	0	56	15.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Sep 2003	First-class
Worcs	9 wickets	0	120	18.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Jun 2006	First-class
Gloucs	9 wickets	0	114	21.2	v Essex	Chelmsford	3 May 2015	First-class
Middlesex	10 wickets	0	26	5.4	v Essex	Lord's	17 Aug 1938	First-class
Warwickshire	10 wickets	0	33	7.0	v Essex	Nuneaton	9 Jul 1983	First-class
Northants	10 wickets	0	95	11.0	v Essex	Northampton	27 Jul 2001	First-class
Gloucs	10 wickets	0	39	10.2	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	5 Aug 2009	First-class
Derbyshire	10 wickets	0	94	18.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 May 2012	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	2	0.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	4 Sep 2018	First-class
Warwickshire	10 wickets	0	107	37.4	v Essex	Birmingham	21 Apr 2022	First-class
Ireland	10 wickets	0	232	42.4	v Essex	Chelmsford	26 May 2023	First-class
Yorkshire	10 wickets	0	41	9.0	v Essex	York	29 Jun 2025	First-class

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Australians	7 wickets	0	93	35.0x5	0.0x5	v Essex	Leyton	14 May 1896	First-class
West Indians	3 wickets	0	93	23.5	0.0	v Essex	Ilford	9 Jun 1923	First-class
Cambridge U	7 wickets	0	98	45.3	0.0	v Essex	Westcliff-on-Sea	15 Jun 1935	First-class
Kent	6 wickets	0	163	26.4	0.0	v Essex	Gravesend	7 May 1938	First-class
Yorkshire	4 wickets	0	257	74.3	0.0	v Essex	Ilford	11 May 1938	First-class
Middlesex	1 wicket	0	241	83.2	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	18 Jun 1938	First-class
Sussex	5 wickets	0	241	58.0	0.0	v Essex	Hove	9 Jul 1938	First-class
Middlesex	10 wickets	0	26	5.4	0.0	v Essex	Lord's	17 Aug 1938	First-class
West Indians	2 wickets	0	134	37.7x8	0.0x8	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 1939	First-class
Indians	1 wicket	0	367	126.1	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	24 Aug 1946	First-class
West Indians	7 wickets	0	186	35.2	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	23 Aug 1950	First-class
Kent	6 wickets	0	321	74.3	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 May 1983	First-class
Leics	4 wickets	0	214	40.1	0.0	v Essex	Leicester	25 May 1983	First-class
Warwickshire	10 wickets	0	33	7.0	0.0	v Essex	Nuneaton	9 Jul 1983	First-class
Hampshire	4 wickets	0	407	106.1	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	13 Jul 1983	First-class
Surrey	7 wickets	0	122	32.3	0.0	v Essex	The Oval	27 Aug 1983	First-class
Pakistanis	7 wickets	0	193	34.1	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	1 Aug 1992	First-class
Middlesex	7 wickets	0	135	30.1	0.0	v Essex	Colchester	26 Aug 1993	First-class
Glamorgan	6 wickets	0	364	80.5	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	6 Jun 2001	First-class
Lancashire	9 wickets	0	53	10.5	0.0	v Essex	Manchester	19 Jun 2001	First-class
Northants	10 wickets	0	95	11.0	0.0	v Essex	Northampton	27 Jul 2001	First-class
Somerset	9 wickets	0	64	9.1	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 Sep 2001	First-class
Notts	7 wickets	0	188	41.5	0.0	v Essex	Nottingham	8 May 2002	First-class
Glamorgan	8 wickets	0	112	31.2	0.0	v Essex	Swansea	3 Jul 2002	First-class
Worcs	8 wickets	0	82	23.4	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	10 Jul 2002	First-class
Sussex	6 wickets	0	256	77.1	0.0	v Essex	Arundel	9 Jul 2003	First-class
Warwickshire	9 wickets	0	56	15.4	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	11 Sep 2003	First-class
Yorkshire	7 wickets	0	128	31.3	0.0	v Essex	Leeds	21 Apr 2004	First-class
Notts	8 wickets	0	245	55.1	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	28 Jul 2004	First-class
Glamorgan	4 wickets	0	221	65.2	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	2 Sep 2004	First-class
Notts	3 wickets	0	379	71.0	0.0	v Essex	Nottingham	16 Sep 2004	First-class
Worcs	8 wickets	0	167	32.1	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	20 May 2005	First-class
Somerset	5 wickets	0	289	66.1	0.0	v Essex	Colchester	24 Aug 2005	First-class
Lancashire	8 wickets	0	155	51.5	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	9 Sep 2005	First-class
Leics	8 wickets	0	48	10.4	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	3 May 2006	First-class
Surrey	6 wickets	0	177	43.2	0.0	v Essex	Croydon	31 May 2006	First-class
Worcs	9 wickets	0	120	18.4	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	14 Jun 2006	First-class
Leics	5 wickets	0	301	70.1	0.0	v Essex	Leicester	20 Sep 2006	First-class
Northants	6 wickets	0	109	29.3	0.0	v Essex	Northampton	2 May 2007	First-class
Somerset	6 wickets	0	182	31.5	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	5 Sep 2007	First-class
Derbyshire	4 wickets	0	266	59.4	0.0	v Essex	Derby	23 Apr 2008	First-class
Worcs	6 wickets	0	347	89.4	0.0	v Essex	Colchester	20 Aug 2008	First-class
Warwickshire	6 wickets	0	144	38.1	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	17 Sep 2008	First-class
Northants	8 wickets	0	176	39.2	0.0	v Essex	Northampton	6 May 2009	First-class
Gloucs	10 wickets	0	39	10.2	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	5 Aug 2009	First-class
Lancashire	8 wickets	0	38	12.3	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	21 Apr 2010	First-class
Warwickshire	7 wickets	0	155	49.1	0.0	v Essex	Southend-on-Sea	4 Aug 2010	First-class
Warwickshire	7 wickets	0	153	38.5	0.0	v Essex	Birmingham	25 Aug 2010	First-class
Middlesex	8 wickets	0	54	10.5	0.0	v Essex	Lord's	14 Apr 2011	First-class
Kent	6 wickets	0	70	14.3	0.0	v Essex	Canterbury	31 Aug 2011	First-class
Derbyshire	10 wickets	0	94	18.0	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	23 May 2012	First-class
Lancashire	3 wickets	0	253	46.5	0.0	v Essex	Manchester	7 May 2013	First-class
Gloucs	9 wickets	0	114	21.2	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	3 May 2015	First-class
Leics	6 wickets	0	163	44.3	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	31 May 2015	First-class
Surrey	3 wickets	0	313	79.1	0.0	v Essex	Colchester	7 Aug 2015	First-class
Leics	4 wickets	0	159	31.1	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Jun 2016	First-class
Surrey	10 wickets	0	2	0.4	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	4 Sep 2018	First-class
Warwickshire	7 wickets	0	256	80.4	0.0	v Essex	Birmingham	22 Apr 2021	First-class
Warwickshire	10 wickets	0	107	37.4	0.0	v Essex	Birmingham	21 Apr 2022	First-class
Surrey	6 wickets	0	161	57.4	0.0	v Essex	The Oval	19 Jul 2022	First-class
Warwickshire	4 wickets	0	100	27.2	0.0	v Essex	Birmingham	11 May 2023	First-class
Ireland	10 wickets	0	232	42.4	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	26 May 2023	First-class
Hampshire	3 wickets	0	267	58.1	0.0	v Essex	Chelmsford	19 Sep 2023	First-class
Somerset	3 wickets	0	167	44.1	0.0	v Essex	Taunton	3 May 2024	First-class
Somerset	3 wickets	0	321	93.4	0.0	v Essex	Taunton	2 May 2025	First-class
Yorkshire	10 wickets	0	41	9.0	0.0	v Essex	York	29 Jun 2025	First-class

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Warwickshire	Essex	Edgbaston, Birmingham	23 Apr 2003	First-class

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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:

Western Province vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 22nd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 147/8 (58.0 ov, S von Berg 21*, GA Stuurman 1*, M Dube 0/15) - Stumps

Dolphins vs North West at Potchefstroom, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 21st Match, Jan 31-Feb 3, 2026 [First-class]

Southern Rocks vs Mashonaland Eagles at Masvingo, Logan Cup 10th Match, Feb 3-6, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 226/6 (47.0 ov, W Madhevere 73*, Ali Hasnain 23*, Matthew Campbell 0/23) - Stumps