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Eric Oscroft (20 April 1933 – 8 November 2013) was an English cricketer. Oscroft was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm fast-medium. He was born at Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Oscroft made his first-class debut for Nottinghamshire against Warwickshire at Trent Bridge in the 1950 County Championship. He made eight further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey at The Oval in the 1951 County Championship. In his nine first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire, he took 13 wickets at an average of 54.38, with best figures of 4/88. With the bat, he scored a total of 8 runs at an average of 1.60, with a high score of 7 not out.

References

1. "Eric Oscroft". Cricketa Archive. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Eric Oscroft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Eric Oscroft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Eric Oscroft". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 May 2012.

External links

• Eric Oscroft at ESPNcricinfo
• at CricketArchive

• 1933 births
• 2013 deaths
• Cricketers from Sutton-in-Ashfield
• English cricketers
• Nottinghamshire cricketers
• 20th-century English sportsmen