William Oscroft

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William Oscroft (16 December 1843 – 10 October 1905){{Cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000250/19051011/231/0009|title=Death of William Oscroft|date=11 October 1905|work=Sheffield Telegraph|access-date=3 August 2019|issue=15680|page=9|via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}} was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1864 to 1882, mainly for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and made 244 known appearances in first-class matches.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31822/31822.html CricketArchive]. Retrieved on 13 August 2009.

Oscroft was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast roundarm bowler who occasionally played as a wicket-keeper. Among the representative teams he played for were the North (1864–1879), the All-England Eleven (1865–1878), the Players (1871–1880) and the United North of England Eleven (1872–1879).