Jack Bryan

Jack Bryan
Personal information
Full name
John Lindsay Bryan
Born(1896-05-26)26 May 1896
Beckenham, Kent
Died23 April 1985(1985-04-23) (aged 88)
Eastbourne, Sussex
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-break
RoleOpening batsman
RelationsRonnie Bryan (brother)
Godfrey Bryan (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1919–1932Kent
1921Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 165
Runs scored 8,702
Batting average 36.25
100s/50s 17/40
Top score 236
Balls bowled 862
Wickets 15
Bowling average 45.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/18
Catches/stumpings 89/–
Source: CricInfo, 1 December 2008

John Lindsay Bryan MC (26 May 1896 – 23 April 1985) was an English schoolteacher and cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Kent County Cricket Club. Bryan served in the British Army in both World War I and World War II and won the Military Cross in 1918.

He played for Kent alongside two of his brothers and toured Australia with the England cricket team in 1924/25. He was named as one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 1922.