Essex League 2025-26

In the tabbed display below, select the team tab along the top, then the individual match cards for that team down the left.

NB In the Fixture List for each team, dates in bold red text indicate Home fixtures which are NOT on Tuesdays. (Fixtures not yet avilable.)

Team Captains

EL1 Div 1 – Mark Murrell
EL2 Div 2Vacant*
EL3 Div 2Vacant*
EL4 Div 3Vacant*
EL Minor
– Nigel White

To contact an Essex League team captain use the Contact Form from the main navigation bar above – select ‘Contact’ – and in the dropdown for official to contact, select the Essex League team or Essex Minor League Team as appropriate.

*Any member willing to consider captaincy of the EL2, EL3 or EL4 teams, please contact Club Fixtures Secretary, Mark Murrell. (Use the Contact form from the main menu above, scroll down the list of contacts and select ‘Fixtures Secretary’).

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Match cards

EL1
Fixtures
 Date Result Home Team Score Away Team
Tue 9 Sep 2025 Won Wanstead I 5-3 Wanstead II
Fri 19 Sep 2025 Won Wanstead II 1½–6½ Wanstead I
Tue 14 Oct 2025   Wanstead I Upminster I
Tue 11 Nov 2025   Wanstead I Basildon
Thu 8 Jan 2026   Barking I Wanstead I
Wed 21 Jan 2026   Writtle Wanstead I
Tue 27 Jan 2026   Upminster I Wanstead I
Thu 19 Feb 2026   Wanstead I Brentwood I
Tue 10 Mar 2026   Wanstead I Barking I
Thu 19 Mar 2026   Basildon Wanstead I
Thu 28 May 2026   Wanstead I Writtle
Tue 2 Jun 2026   Brentwood I Wanstead I

The fixtures in RED are HOME games NOT on a Tuesday

The fixtures in BLUE are AWAY games ON a Tuesday (not counting EL1 v EL2, or EL2 v EL1)

Played: 2; Won: 2; Drew: 0; Lost: 0; Points: 4/4; Games: For: 11½ – Against: 4½.

EL1
Player Stats
 Essex League Div 1 – EL1 at 19 Sep 2025 Rtg P W D L Pts %
John Cawdery 2149 2 2 0 0 2 100.00
David Spearman 2072 2 1 1 0 75.00
Terry Whitton 1913 2 1 1 0 75.00
Steve Rix 1994 2 1 1 0 75.00
Philip Staniland 1838 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Finbar McLoughlin 1871 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Mark Murrell 1860 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Rida Ruqayyah 2199 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Ashwin GopiKrishna 1826 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Paul Bancroft 1988 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Andy Swales 1898 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Ian Hunnable 1833 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
               
 12 Players   16 10 3 3 11½ 71.88
EL1
Played on Tuesday, 9 September 2025, at Wanstead
  Wanstead I v Wanstead II
1 Cawdery, John 2149 (2149) (W) 1-0 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1838) (B)
2 Spearman, David 2072 (2080) 1-0 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1826)
3 Rix, Steven JL 1994 (1994) ½-½ Lataille, Matthias 1824 (1824)
4 Bancroft, Paul 1988 (1988) 0-1 De Bok, Eric 1773 (1773)
5 Whitton, Terry D 1913 (1913) ½-½ Modi, Hirak 0000 ()
6 Swales, Andrew 1898 (1898) 0-1 Siddo, Charlton 1734 (1734)
7 McLoughlin, Finbar 1871 (1871) 1-0 Li, Colin 1714 (1714)
8 Staniland, Philip 1838 (1838) 1-0 Jones, Keith S 1709 (1709)
    5-3  
EL1
Played on Friday, 19 September 2025, at Wanstead
   Wanstead II v Wanstead I 
1 Staniland, Philip 1838 (1845) (W) 0-1 Rida, Ruqayyah 2199 (2199) (B)
2 Barclay, Paul R 1767 (1767) 0-1 Cawdery, John 2149 (2152)
3 Saunders, Richard 1769 (1769) ½-½ Spearman, David 2072 (2092)
4 Siddo, Charlton 1734 (1748) 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 1994 (1990)
5 Nickals, Peter A 1711 (1696) 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1913 (1911)
6 Harte, Ben 1679 (1666) 0-1 Murrell, Mark R A 1860 (1860)
7 Meadows, Pete 1678 (1678) 1-0 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1838)
8 Senan, Tu 1628 (1628) 0-1 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1827)
  Average: 1726 1½-6½ Average: 1981
EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, at Home
  Wanstead I v Upminster I
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, at Home
  Wanstead I v Basildon
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EL1
To be Played on Thursday, 8 January 2026, Away
  Barking I v Wanstead I
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EL1
To be Played on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, Away
  Writtle v Wanstead I
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 27 January 2026, Away
  Upminster I v Wanstead I
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EL1
To be Played on Thursday 19 February 2026, Home
  Wanstead I v Brentwood I
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday 10 March 2026, at Home
  Wanstead I v Barking I
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EL1
To be Played on Thursday, 19 March 2026, Away
  Basildon v Wanstead I
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EL1
To be Played on Thursday, 28 May 2026, at Home
  Wanstead I v Writtle
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 2 June 2026*, at Home

*Date subject to League approval.

  Brentwood I v  Wanstead I
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EL2
Fixtures
 Date Result Home Team Score Away Team
Tue 9 Sep 2025 Lost Wanstead I 5-3 Wanstead II
Fri 19 Sep 2025 Lost Wanstead II 1½–6½ Wanstead I
Tue 25 Nov 2025   Upminster I Wanstead II
Thu 4 Dec 2025   Basildon Wanstead II
Tue 9 Dec 2025   Brentwood I Wanstead II
Tue 10 Feb 2026   Wanstead II Writtle
Tue 24 Feb 2026   Wanstead II Barking I
Wed 18 Mar 2026   Writtle Wanstead II
Tue 24 Mar 2026   Wanstead II Upminster I
Tue 14 Apr 2026   Wanstead II Basildon
Tue 12 May 2026   Wanstead II Brentwood I
Thu 21 May 2026   Barking I Wanstead II

Date in BOLD RED is a fixture at Wanstead NOT on a TUESDAY

Fixtures in BLUE are AWAY games ON a TUESDAYS.

All HOME games are on Tuesdays (not counting EL1 v EL2, or EL2 v EL1).

Played: 2; Won: 0; Drew: 0; Lost: 2; Points: 0/4; Games: For: 4½ – Against: 11½.

EL2
Player Stats
 Essex League Div 1 – EL2 at 19 Sep 2025 Rtg P W D L Pts %
Erik de Bok 1773 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Pete Meadows 1678 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Charlton Siddo 1734 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
Matthias Lataille 1824 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Modi Hirak 1690 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Richard Saunders 1769 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Ian Hunnable 1833 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Ashwin GopiKrishna 1826 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Colin Li 1714 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Keith Jones 1709 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Philip Staniland 1838 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Paul Barclay 1767 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Peter Nickals 1711 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Ben Harte 1679 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
TU Senan 1628 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
               
 15 Players   16 3 3 10 28.13
EL2
Played on Tuesday, 9 September 2025, at Wanstead
  Wanstead I v Wanstead II
1 Cawdery, John 2149 (2149) (W) 1-0 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1838) (B)
2 Spearman, David 2072 (2080) 1-0 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1826)
3 Rix, Steven JL 1994 (1994) ½-½ Lataille, Matthias 1824 (1824)
4 Bancroft, Paul 1988 (1988) 0-1 De Bok, Eric 1773 (1773)
5 Whitton, Terry D 1913 (1913) ½-½ Modi, Hirak 0000 ()
6 Swales, Andrew 1898 (1898) 0-1 Siddo, Charlton 1734 (1734)
7 McLoughlin, Finbar 1871 (1871) 1-0 Li, Colin 1714 (1714)
8 Staniland, Philip 1838 (1838) 1-0 Jones, Keith S 1709 (1709)
    5-3  
EL1
Played Friday, 19 September 2025 at Wanstead
   Wanstead II v Wanstead I 
1 Staniland, Philip 1838 (1845) (W) 0-1 Rida, Ruqayyah 2199 (2199) (B)
2 Barclay, Paul R 1767 (1767) 0-1 Cawdery, John 2149 (2152)
3 Saunders, Richard 1769 (1769) ½-½ Spearman, David 2072 (2092)
4 Siddo, Charlton 1734 (1748) 0-1 Rix, Steven JL 1994 (1990)
5 Nickals, Peter A 1711 (1696) 0-1 Whitton, Terry D 1913 (1911)
6 Harte, Ben 1679 (1666) 0-1 Murrell, Mark R A 1860 (1860)
7 Meadows, Pete 1678 (1678) 1-0 Hunnable, Ian D 1833 (1838)
8 Senan, Tu 1628 (1628) 0-1 GopiKrishna, Ashwin 1826 (1827)
  Average: 1726 1½-6½ Average: 1981
EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, Away
  Upminster I v Wanstead II
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EL1
To be Played on ,Thursday, 4 December 2025, Away
  Basildon v  Wanstead II
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, Away
  Brentwood I v Wanstead II
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday 10 Feb 2026, at Home
  Wanstead II v Writtle
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday 24 February 2026, at Home
  Wanstead II v Barking I
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EL1
To be Played on Wednesday, 18 March 2026, Away
  Writtle v  Wanstead II
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 24 March 2026, at Home
   Wanstead II v Upminster I
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday, 14 April 2026, at Home
  Wanstead II v Basildon
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EL1
To be Played on Tuesday 12 May 2026, at Home
   Wanstead II v Brentwood I
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EL1
To be Played on Thursday, 21 May 2026, Away
  Barking I v Wanstead II
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EL3
Fixtures
 Date Result Home Team Score Away Team
Wed 24 Sep 2025 Lost Loughton I 3½–2½ Wanstead III
Fri 24 Oct 2025   Southend I Wanstead III
Tue 11 Nov 2025   Wanstead III Ilford I
Tue 2 Dec 2025   Wanstead III Southend I
Thu 11 Dec 25   Barking II Wanstead III
Tue 13 Jan 2026   Wanstead III Witham
Tue 27 Jan 2026   Wanstead III Barking II
Tue 10 Mar 2026   Wanstead III Thurrock I
Wed 8 Apr 2026   Witham Wanstead III
Wed 15 Apr 2026   Thurrock I Wanstead III
Tue 12 May 2026   Wanstead III Loughton I
Mon 8 Jun 2026   Ilford I Wanstead III

Played: 1; Won: 0; Drew: 0; Lost: 1; Points: 0/2; Games: For: 2½; Against: 3½.

EL3
Player Stats

will appear here

EL3
Played on Wednesday, 24 September 2025, Away
  Loughton v Wanstead III
1 Horan, George 2005 (2005) (B) 1-0 Murrell, Mark R A 1860 (1865) (W)
2 Stirling, William J 2016 (2016) ½-½ Barclay, Paul R 1767 (1765)
3 Estevez Fernandez, Josue 1972 (1972) 1-0 Nickals, Peter A 1711 (1703)
4 Middleton, Stephen 1895 (1895) 0-1 Meadows, Pete 1678 (1692)
5 Moth, Simon C 1747 (1747) 0-1 Wilson, Michael GA 1631 (1631)
6 van Tol, Martin 1730 (1730) 1-0 Sharman, Jay 1591 (1596)
  Average: 1895 3½-2½ Average: 1707
EL3
To be Played on Friday, 24 October 2025, Away
  Southend I v Wanstead III
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EL3
To be Played on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, at Home
  Wanstead III v Ilford I
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EL3
To be Played on Tuesday, 2 December 2025, at Home
  Wanstead III v Southend I
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EL3
To be Played on Thursday, 11 December 25, Away
  Barking II v Wanstead III
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EL3
To be Played on Tuesday, 13 January 2026, at Home
  Wanstead III v Witham
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EL3
To be Played on Tuesday 27 January 2026, at Home
   Wanstead III v Barking II
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EL3
To be Played on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, at Home
  Wanstead III v Thurrock I
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EL3
To be Played on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, Away
  Witham v Wanstead III
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EL3
To be Played on Wednesday, 15 April 2026, Away
  Thurrock I v Wanstead III
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EL3
To be Played on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, at Home
  Wanstead III v Loughton I
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EL3
To be Played on Monday 8 June 2026*, Away

*Date needs League approval.

  Ilford I v Wanstead III
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EL4
Fixtures
 Date Result Home Team Score Away Team
Wed 8 Oct 2025   Loughton II Wanstead IV
Tue 25 Nov 2025   Wanstead IV Upminster III
Fri 9 Jan 2026   Southend II Wanstead IV
Tue 10 Feb 2026   Wanstead IV Upminster II
Tue 24 Feb 2026   Wanstead IV Barking III
Wed 4 Mar 2026   Thurrock II Wanstead IV
Tue 24 Mar 2026   Upminster III Wanstead IV
Tue 14 Apr 2026   Wanstead IV Southend II
Tue 28 Apr 2026   Wanstead IV Thurrock II
Tue 12 May 2026   Upminster II Wanstead IV
Tue 19 May 2026   Wanstead IV Loughton II
Thu 21 May 2026   Barking III Wanstead IV

Fixtures in BLUE are AWAY games ON TUESDAYS.

The fixture in RED is a HOME games NOT on a Tuesday.

EL4
Player Stats

…will appear here

EL4
To be Played on Wednesday, 8 October 2025, Away
  Loughton II v Wanstead IV
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, at Home
  Wanstead IV v Upminster III
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EL4
To be Played on Friday, 9 January 2026, Away
  Wanstead IV v Southend II
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 10 Feb 2026, at Home
  Wanstead IV v Upminster II
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 24 February 2026, at Home
  Wanstead IV v Barking III
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EL4
To be Played on Wednesday, 4 March 2026, Away
  Thurrock ll v Wanstead IV
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 24 Mar 2026, Away
  Upminster III v Wanstead IV
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 14 April 2026, at Home
  Wanstead IV v Southend II
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, at Home
  Wanstead IV v Thurrock II
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 12 May 2026, Away
  Upminster II v Wanstead IV
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EL4
To be Played on Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at Home
  Wanstead IV v Loughton II
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EL4
To be Played on Thursday, 21 May 2026, Away
  Barking III v Wanstead IV
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ELM
Fixtures
 Date
Result Home Team v Away Team
Tue 14 Oct 2025   Upminster MA v Wanstead M
Mon 27 Oct 2025   Southend MA v Wanstead M
Wed 05 Nov 2025   Thurrock MB v Wanstead M
Tue 11 Nov 2025   Upminster MB v Wanstead M
Tue 02 Dec 2025   Wanstead M v Thurrock MA
Tue 13 Jan 2026   Wanstead M v Thurrock MB
Tue 27 Jan 2026   Wanstead M v Southend MA
Thu 19 Feb 2026   Wanstead M v Upminster MA
Tue 03 Mar 2026   Wanstead M v Southend MB
Wed 01 Apr 2026   Thurrock MA v Wanstead M
Fri 10 Apr 2026   Southend MB v Wanstead M
Thu 28 May 2026   Wanstead M v Upminster MB

Fixtures in Bold Red are Tuesday dates which are NOT at HOME.

ELM
Player Stats

…will appear here

ELM
To be Played on Tuesday, 14 October 2025, Away
  Upminster MA v Wanstead M
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ELM
To be Played on Monday, 27 October 2025, Away
  Southend MA v Wanstead M
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ELM
To be Played on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, Away
  Thurrock MB v Wanstead M
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ELM
To be Played on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, Away
  Upminster MB v Wanstead M
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3    
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ELM
To be Played on Tuesday, 2 December 2025, at Home
  Thurrock MA v Wanstead M
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ELM
To be Played on , Tuesday 13 January 2026, at Home
  Wanstead M v Thurrock MB
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ELM
To be Played on Tuesday, 27 Jan 2026, at Home
  Wanstead M v Southend MA
1    
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ELM
To be Played on Thursday, 19 February 2026, at Home
  Wanstead M v Upminster MA
1    
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4    
     
ELM
To be Played on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, at Home
  Wanstead M v Southend MB
1    
2    
3    
4    
     
ELM
To be Played on Wednesday, 1 Apr 2026, Away
  Thurrock MA v Wanstead M
1    
2    
3    
4    
     
ELM
To be Played on Friday, 10 Apr 2026, Away
  Southend MB v Wanstead M
1    
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ELM
To be Played on Thursday, 28 May 2026, at Home
  Wanstead M v Upminster MB
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4