Frederick Osborn (sportsman)

Frederick Osborn (10 November 1889 – 11 October 1954) was an English cricketer and footballer.

Frederick Osborn
Personal information
Full nameFrederick Osborn[1]
Born(1889-11-10)10 November 1889
Leicester, Leicestershire,
England
Died11 October 1954(1954-10-11) (aged 64)[2]
North Evington, Leicestershire,
England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1911–1913Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 14
Batting average 4.66
100s/50s –/–
Top score 14
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 March 2012

Cricket

Osborn made two first-class appearances for Leicestershire.[2] His first appearance came against Derbyshire in the 1911 County Championship at Aylestone Road, Leicester, while his second came against Lancashire in the 1913 County Championship at Old Trafford.[3] Against Derbyshire, he made scores of 14 in Leicestershire's first-innings, during which he was dismissed by Arnold Warren, while in their second-innings he wasn't required to bat.[4] Against Lancashire, Osborn was dismissed for a duck by Bill Huddleston in Leicestershire's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for the same score by Ralph Whitehead.[5]

Football
Freddie Osborn
Personal information
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Avondale
Hinckley United
1910–1913 Leicester Fosse 67 (29)
1913–1920 Preston North End 68 (40)
Nuneaton Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Osborn played as a forward in the Football League for Leicester Fosse and Preston North End.[1]

After being switched from inside forward to centre forward, Osborn was top scorer for Preston in 1913–14 with 26 goals, although the club was still relegated and again the following season with 17 goals as they won promotion back to the First Division, before league football was interrupted by the First World War.[6][7]

Wounded during the war, Osborn was unable to regain a regular place in the Preston team when the league resumed in 1919, appearing only seven more times for the club.[8]

Personal life

Osborn served in the Royal Field Artillery during the First World War and was wounded by a bullet in the thigh.[7]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 222. ISBN 9781905891610. OCLC 841581272.
  2. "The Home of CricketArchive". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Osborn". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  4. "Leicestershire v Derbyshire, 1911 County Championship". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  5. "Lancashire v Leicestershire, 1913 County Championship". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  6. "Seasonal Scorers – WHITES". www.prestonnorthend-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  7. "Freddie Osborn". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  8. "A Fox and a White – WHITES". www.prestonnorthend-mad.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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