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]

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