Oswell Borradaile

Oswell Robert Borradaile (9 May 1859 – 11 May 1935) was an English cricketer and a cricket administrator who was the secretary of Essex County Cricket Club for 31 years from 1890.

The son of The Reverend Abraham Borradaile, he was born at Westminster in May 1859. He was educated at Westminster School, where he was in Grant's House. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, Borradaile had played minor matches for Essex from 1891. He made his sole appearance in first-class cricket for Essex against Surrey at Leyton in 1894: from the lower-middle order, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted before being dismissed by Tom Richardson, and 5 runs in the second in which he was dismissed leg before by Herbert Thompson, as Essex lost the match by an innings margin. While fielding, he took one catch, that of Bill Brockwell from the bowling of Walter Mead.

It was as a cricket administrator that Borradaile became better known. Borradaile was described by Wisden as "a man of strong personality, tremendous enthusiasm and energy".