Jack MacBryan
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Born | John Crawford William MacBryan 22 July 1892 Box, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 July 1983 Cambridge, England | (aged 90)||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 221) | 26 July 1924 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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1911–1936 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 May 2011 |
John Crawford William MacBryan (22 July 1892 – 14 July 1983) was an English
MacBryan was educated at Exeter School, where he played cricket for the school and was captain in 1911. After school he joined the Somerset Light Infantry. In 1914, a month after the outbreak of World War I, he was wounded and captured at the battle of Le Cateau, and he was a prisoner for the rest of the war.[5] After the war he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge, where he won his blue for cricket in 1920.[6]
An
Old Trafford Test match against the South Africans in 1924. But the match was ruined by rain, and MacBryan remains the only Test cricketer who neither batted, bowled nor dismissed anyone in the field (where he spent 66.5 overs). His chance never came again.[1]
He was a
Wisden Cricketer of the Year
in 1925.
See also
- One Test Wonder
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84607-880-4.
- ^ "Jack MacBryan". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Jack MacBryan Bio, Stats, and Results". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Olympians Who Played First-Class Cricket". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
- ^ "J. C. W. Macbryan". The Times. No. 61586. London. 16 July 1983. p. 10.
- ^ "Cricket". The Times. No. 42416. London. 21 May 1920. p. 7.
External links
- Jack MacBryan at ESPNcricinfo
- Jack MacBryan at Olympedia
- Jack MacBryan at Team GB
- Jack MacBryan at ESPNcricinfo
- dataOlympics profile for field hockey