Robert Aubrey Oxlade was an Australia

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 administrator. Oxlade was born in 1882, the son of Robert Oxlade (1855-1920) and Sara Stanton (1851-1926).

He joined Manly Warringah Cricket Club

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 in 1910, and was later President of the club. He also acted as the club delegate to the New South Wales Cricket Association

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. He was later the treasurer and secretary of the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket

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and was elected chairman between 1927–1930; 1933–1936; 1945–1948 and 1951–1952.

Outside cricket, Oxlade was a solicitor. He married Charlotte Nellie Broad in 1911.