James Bryant (Australian cricketer)

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2015}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = James Bryant

| image = Tom Wills Victorian cricketers 1859.jpg

| caption = Jerry Bryant (second from right)

| fullname = James Mark Bryant

| birth_date = 1826

| birth_place = England

| death_date = 10 December 1881

| death_place = Sale, Victoria, Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role =

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1852

| club2 = Victoria

| year2 = {{nowrap|1856/57–1861/62}}

| club3 = Surrey XI

| year3 = 1861/62

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 23 August

| debutyear1 = 1852

| debutfor1 = Surrey

| debutagainst1 = Sussex

| lastdate1 = 1 March

| lastyear1 = 1862

| lastfor1 = Surrey XI

| lastagainst1 = The World

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 11

| runs1 = 182

| bat avg1 = 10.70

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 26

| deliveries1 = 904

| wickets1 = 22

| bowl avg1 = 10.81

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/11

| catches/stumpings1 = 10/–

| date = 13 February 2015

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4403.html Cricinfo

}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4403.html |title=James Bryant |access-date=13 February 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

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.