Frank Bryans

Francisco Alfred 'Frank' Bryans (3 July 1901 – 15 December 1963) was an Argentine first-class cricketer and tennis player.

Frank Bryans
Personal information
Full name
Francisco Alfred Bryans
Born3 July 1901
Argentina
Died15 December 1963(1963-12-15) (aged 62)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 9
Runs scored 240
Batting average 16.00
100s/50s –/1
Top score 65
Balls bowled 831
Wickets 18
Bowling average 23.33
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 5/67
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2019

Byrans made his debut in first-class cricket for Argentina against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Buenos Aires in December 1926. He played three further first-class matches against the touring MCC in January 1927.[1] His next appearances in first-class cricket came for Argentina against the touring Sir J Cahn's XI in March 1930, with Bryans making three appearances.[1] In seven first-class matches for Argentina, he scored 186 runs at an average of 16.90 and a high score of 65.[2] With the ball, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 23.07, with best figures of 5 for 67.[3] He later played two first-class matches for H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI in 1933 at Eastbourne, playing against Oxford University and Cambridge University.[1] He scored 54 runs in these two matches and took 5 wickets.[2][3]

As a tennis player, Bryans twice took part in Wimbledon. In the 1926 Men's Singles he was defeated in the first-round by George Cholmondeley, while in the 1933 Men's Singles he was again defeated in the first-round, this time by Alan Brown.[4] Bryans served as the president of the Argentine Cricket Association from 1956–60.[5] He died at Buenos Aires in December 1963.

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Frank Byrans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frank Byrans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Frank Byrans". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. "Francisco Alfred (Frank) Bryans". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  5. "Comision Directiva" (in Spanish). www.cricketargentina.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
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