| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Ernest Charles Osborne |
| Birth Date: | 24 April 1873 |
| Birth Place: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | Cardinia, Victoria, Australia |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Bowling: | Unknown-arm fast-medium |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1894 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 6 |
| Bat Avg1: | 1.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 5 |
| Deliveries1: | 455 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 45.50 |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/46 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 15 June |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/ernest-osborne-18334 Cricinfo |
Ernest Charles Osborne (24 April 1873 – 25 March 1926) was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in three matches in 1894.[1] [2] He was born at Elsternwick, Victoria and died at Cardinia, Victoria.
Osborne was educated at the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and at Jesus College, Cambridge.[3] Before arriving in England in 1891, he had played some cricket for Essendon Cricket Club in the precursor to the Victorian Premier Cricket competition as a lower-middle-order batsman and a fast-medium bowler – it is not known whether he was right- or left-handed.[4] His cricket at Cambridge was limited to three games within 10 days in May 1894: he made little impact with the ball, and none at all as a batsman, and did not survive in the team long enough to win a Blue.[1]
Osborne graduated from Cambridge University with both Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees in 1894 and went back to Australia.[3] He returned to Victoria club cricket with the Melbourne University team through to 1902.[4] He qualified as a solicitor in Melbourne, but in the First World he returned to the UK where he obtained a commission in the Black Watch.[5] He was wounded in the war and his death notice in 1926 states that he died as a result of his war-time injuries.[6]