Edward O'Shaughnessy (16 November 1860 – 6 August 1885) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1879 and 1885.^[1] He was born in Canterbury, Kent and died at St John's Wood, London.^[2]

O'Shaughnessy was a professional cricketer and played as an all-rounder – a right-handed middle-order batsman, sometimes used as an opener, and a right-arm slow bowler who bowled in the roundarm style. Most of his first-class games were for Kent, though he was also on the ground staff at Lord's. His early impact was as a bowler: against Sussex in 1879 he took seven first-innings wickets for 16 runs in 35.2 four-ball overs, and followed that in the second innings with five for 24 for match figures of 12 for 40.^[3] In the same fixture in 1882, as an opening batsman he made 98, which was his highest score.^[4] His best for MCC was an innings of 89 against Somerset in 1883.^[5]

O'Shaughnessy played a couple of times for Kent early in the 1885 season, but in early August of the same year he died of tuberculosis in London.^[6] The match between Sussex and Kent at Brighton the following week was paused for the duration of his funeral.^[7]

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