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| 2 | 321 | GA Gooch & KS McEwan | Essex v Northamptonshire | 1978 | f32076 |
| 3 | 347* | ME Waugh & N Hussain | Essex v Lancashire | 1992 | f39993 |
| 4 | 228 | Khalid Ibadulla & JA Jameson | Warwickshire v Essex | 1964 | f25232 |
| 5 | 169 | Essex v Leicestershire | 1991 | f39357 | |
| 6 | 188 | MP Vaughan & RJ Blakey | Yorkshire v Essex | 1997 | f43094 |
| 7 | 150 | SA Marsh & JBD Thompson | Kent v Essex | 1996 | f42415 |
| 8 | 192 | S Turner & RNS Hobbs | Essex v Glamorgan | 1968 | f27252 |
| 9 | 136 | N Hussain & TD Topley | Essex v Warwickshire | 1989 | f38160 |
| 10 | 56 | Essex v Hampshire | 1963 | f24803 |