Don Oslear

{{short description|English cricket umpire}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Don Oslear

| image = UMPIRING AT THE OLD TRAFFORD .jpg

| caption = Oslear (right), standing next to Ajith Perera

| country = England

| fullname = Donald Osmund Oslear

| batting =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|3|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|05|10|1929|3|3|df=y}}

| death_place = Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

| umpire = true

| testsumpired = 5

| umptestdebutyr = 1980

| umptestlastyr = 1984

| odisumpired = 8

| umpodidebutyr = 1980

| umpodilastyr = 1984

| date = 28 August

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18268.html Cricinfo

}}

Donald Osmund Oslear (3 March 1929 – 10 May 2018) was a Test cricket umpire from England.

Don Oslear was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, in 1929 and joined the first-class panel in 1975 at the age of 46 without any first-class playing experience. He stood in five Test matches between 1980 and 1984 and eight One Day Internationals, including a semi-final of the 1983 World Cup.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/18268.html |title=Donald Oslear |accessdate=16 May 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He umpired 360 first-class matches between 1975 and 1993.{{cite web|title=Don Oslear as Umpire in First-Class Matches|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9587/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=9 February 2018}} Alongside John Holder, he is credited with the idea of a 'bowl-out' to decide a drawn match after the 55-over 1987 Tilcon Trophy final had been washed out by rain. The organisers had ordered them to think of another way of settling the match rather than the traditional and sometimes unpopular means of the toss of a coin. This idea was subsequently adopted in all ECB limited-overs competitions.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/john-holder-14238|title=Player profile: John Holder|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=5 September 2023}}