John Crawford William MacBryan (22 July 1892 – 14 July 1983) was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University and Somerset and made one almost imperceptible appearance in a Test match for England.[1][2] MacBryan was also a field hockey international and won a gold medal at the 1920 Olympic Games with the Great Britain and Ireland team.[3][4]
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 amateur and a right-hand batsman, MacBryan was the leading Somerset batsman in the years after the World War I and was called up for the 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.
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first of the five unofficial Tests. He took the wicket of the opener JackMacBryan cheaply in each innings, and made his highest first-class score of 32...
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briefest Test match career of them all was "enjoyed" by another amateur, JackMacBryan, whose only game for England was the rain-ruined match against the South...
go on to represent England at Test cricket. Fellow Somerset batsman JackMacBryan wasn't impressed, saying of his friend, "Dar is a grand chap and a very...
he suffered a nasty injury to his eye, being hit by a shot played by JackMacBryan whilst fielding at short leg. In 1925 and 1926 Charlesworth was on the...
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familiar figure in clubs and at the theatre. He became friends with the actor Jack Hulbert and developed an interest in musical theatre, for which he provided...
years at the county Sandham formed a formidable opening partnership with Jack Hobbs, and the two put on a hundred for the first wicket on 66 occasions...
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modern websites refer to him as "Randall Johnson". Somerset colleague JackMacBryan, who didn't like him, called him "Peter Johnson". The son of George...
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11, being bowled by Jack White for 0 as Sussex replied with 242. On the second day, according to the recollection of JackMacBryan, recounted in David...
than seven in a total of 189, and put on 97 for the sixth wicket with JackMacBryan, who made 101. Ingle was at Cambridge University for the 1923 to 1926...
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