James Bryant

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James Bryant (Australian cricketer)

James Mark "Jerry" Bryant (1826 – 10 December 1881) was an Australian cricketer. He played first-class cricket matches for Surrey and Victoria. He was born in England in 1826, being christened on 24 October of that year at Caterham, Surrey.

Bryant was an instrumental figure at the outset of Australian rules football, providing footballs, equipment and amenities for many of the earliest recorded matches in the parklands of Melbourne. His hotel, the Parade Hotel, near the Melbourne Cricket Ground, is where the first laws of the game were codified by members of the Melbourne Football Club in May 1859.

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James Bryant (Kent cricketer)

James Bryant (died May 1755, probably at Bromley, Kent) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket during the 1740s. He was mainly associated with Bromley Cricket Club and Kent. Although information about his career is limited by a lack of surviving data, he is known to have made 11 single wicket and 11 first-class appearances between 1744 and 1751. His brother was John Bryant.

Cricket career

The first definite mention of James Bryant occurs on Monday, 1 October 1744, in a lucrative "threes" match at the Artillery Ground in which his brother also played. They were on opposite sides: James teamed with Robert Colchin and Joe Harris; John with Val Romney and Thomas Waymark.

During the next three seasons, the Bryants were regularly involved in major fixtures, both first-class and single wicket. In 1747, they played for Kent against All-England in the biggest first-class match of the season. In early August 1747, there were two single wicket matches at the Artillery Ground which were organised by the 2nd Duke of Richmond. In the first, three of his employees Stephen Dingate, Joseph Rudd and Pye defeated Little Bennett, Tall Bennett and William Anderson. In the second, the same threes were to play again but in a "fives" match with the two Bryants added to the Duke's team and with Tom Faulkner and one of Joe or John Harris to their opponents. The result of the second game is unknown.