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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Reginald Bryan<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = Reginald Charles Peter Bryan<br />
| birth_date = 29 January 1916<br />
| birth_place = [[Lyndhurst, Hampshire|Lyndhurst]], [[Hampshire]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|5|9|1916|1|29|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = Hampshire, England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = <br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1936/37<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 52<br />
| bat avg1 = 26.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 39<br />
| deliveries1 = 120<br />
| wickets1 = 6<br />
| bowl avg1 = 9.00<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = 6/54<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–<br />
| date = 29 October<br />
| year = 2023<br />
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/reginald-bryan-27078 Cricinfo<br />
}}<br />
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'''Reginald Charles Peter Bryan''' {{postnominal|MBE}} (29 January 1916 – 9 May 1993) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.<br />
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Bryan was born in January 1916 at [[Lyndhurst, Hampshire]]. He was educated at [[Winchester College]], before attending the [[Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]. He graduated from there into the [[Royal Artillery]] (RA) as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34251|date=31 January 1936|page=670}}</ref> Whilst serving with the RA in [[British India]], Bryan made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in the [[Madras Presidency Matches|1936–37 Madras Presidency Match]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13076/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Reginald Bryan|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 October 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batters|Opening the batting]] twice in the match, he was dismissed for 13 runs in the Europeans first innings by [[A. G. Ram Singh]], while in their second innings he was dismissed for 39 runs by [[Gopalaswami Parthasarathi]]. With the ball, he took a [[five wicket haul]] in the Indians second innings, with figures of 6 for 54 from 20 [[over (cricket)|overs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16073.html|title=Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1936/37|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 October 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the RA, he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in January 1939,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34594|date=31 January 1939|page=680}}</ref> and served with the RA in the first sixteen months of the [[Second World War]], before being placed on the [[half-pay]] list on account of ill-health in December 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=35008|date=3 December 1940|page=6917|supp=y}}</ref> On account of his ill-health, he was transferred to the [[Inter-Services Topographic Department]]. For his efforts with that organisation during the war, he was made an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] in the [[1946 New Year Honours (MBE)|1946 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37412|date=28 December 1945|page=289|supp=y}}</ref> Bryan retired from active service in December 1945, on account of his ill-health.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37444|date=22 January 1946|page=661|supp=y}}</ref> He died in [[Hampshire]] in May 1993.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:1916 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Lyndhurst, Hampshire]]<br />
[[Category:Military personnel from Hampshire]]<br />
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]<br />
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich]]<br />
[[Category:Royal Artillery officers]]<br />
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[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]<br />
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