The founding fathers of Essex cricket

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In 1876 a meeting was held in Chelmsford to form Essex County Cricket Club. After many false dawns, the county now had a team that would go on to become one of the most successful in the domestic game. As Victoria Polley explains, four people in particular helped the club develop in those early years in the late 18th century... Picture credit: Jimmy Sime/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.