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This is a list of Essex first-class cricket records; that is, record team and individual performances in first-class cricket for Essex. Records for Essex in List A cricket, the shorter form of the game, are found at List of Essex List A cricket records.

Notation

Team Notation: When a team score is listed as "300-3", this indicates that they have scored 300 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. If it is followed by a "d", this indicates that the side declared. When the team score is listed as "300", this means the side was all out.

Batting Notation: When a batsman's score is listed as "100", the batsman scored 100 runs and was out. If it followed by an asterisk *, the batsman was not out.

Bowling Notation: "5/100" indicates that the bowler took 5 wickets while conceding 100 runs.

Team Records

	Total Runs	Opponents	Venue	Season
Highest for Essex	761-6 d	v Leicestershire	Chelmsford	1990
Highest against Essex	803-4 d	by Kent	Chelmsford	1934
Lowest for Essex	30	v Yorkshire	Leyton	1901
Lowest against Essex	14	by Surrey	Chelmsford	1983
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 May 2007.

Batting Records

	Runs	Batsman	Opponents	Venue	Season
Highest individual innings	343*	Percy Perrin	v Derbyshire	Chesterfield	1904
Most runs in a season for Essex	2,559	Graham Gooch			1984
Most runs in a career for Essex	30,701	Graham Gooch			1973 - 1997
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 May 2007.

Bowling Records

	Analysis	Bowler	Opponents	Venue	Season
Best innings analysis for Essex	10/32	Harry Pickett	v Leicestershire	Leyton	1895
Best match analysis for Essex	17/119	Walter Mead	v Hampshire	Southampton	1895
	Wickets	Bowler	Season
Most wickets in a season for Essex	172	Peter Smith	1947
Most career wickets for Essex	1,610	Peter Smith	1929 - 1951
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 May 2007.

Partnership Records

Wicket Partnership	Runs	Batsmen	Opponents	Venue	Season
1st	316	Graham Gooch Paul Prichard	v Kent	Chelmsford	1994
2nd	403	Graham Gooch Paul Prichard	v Leicestershire	Chelmsford	1990
3rd	347*	Mark Waugh Nasser Hussain	v Lancashire	Ilford	1992
4th	314	Saleem Malik Nasser Hussain	v Surrey	The Oval	1991
5th	316	Nasser Hussain }}^{[citation needed]} Mike Garnham	v Leicestershire	Leicester	1991
6th	206	Johnny Douglas Jack O'Connor	v Gloucestershire	Cheltenham College	1923
6th	206	Barry Knight Roger Luckin	v Middlesex	Brentwood	1962
7th	261	Johnny Douglas John Freeman	v Lancashire	Leyton	1914
8th	263	Denys Wilcox Reginald Taylor	v Warwickshire	Southend-on-Sea	1946
9th	251	Johnny Douglas Steriker Hare	v Derbyshire	Leyton	1921
10th	218	Frank Vigar Peter Smith	v Derbyshire	Chesterfield	1947
Source: CricketArchive. Last updated: 20 May 2007

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