Jack MacBryan of Somerset and England was born on 22 July 1892.

As you can see, he had an excellent moustache (and remains a quizmasters' favourite), but that pales in front of a most eventful, if tormented, life.

MacBryan played only one Test, against South Africa at Old Trafford in 1924. He fielded for 66.5 overs before it rained, and there was no further play. He neither bowled nor held a catch, and remains the only Test cricketer without ever appearing on a scorecard.

And four years before he played that Test, he won a gold medal at field hockey in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics.

But there was more. He went up the podium to collect the 100 and 200 m gold medals on behalf of the South African Bevil Rudd. In fact, he actually pretended to be Rudd. I have provided MacBryan's own words (Cricket's Unholy Trinity, David Foot) in the comments section.

He injured his shoulder while playing rugby in 1914. As a result he could never play the cover drive. And yet, he finished with 10,322 First-Class runs, mostly for Somerset. He was named a Wisden Cricketer in 1925.

Before all this, MacBryan wanted to become a doctor and specialise in neurology and mental disorders. But his father (who had "little love for him"), who ran a mental asylum, prevented him from doing that.

They were not on the best of terms. MacBryan had been wounded in the Battle of Le Cateau during the Great War and had been held prisoner, but he survived. There were talks of an exchange repatriation during the War, involving him and a German doctor. But MacBryan Sr never showed interest.

A young Jack MacBryan's mother used to fuss over him a lot. MacBryan theorised that her mother's love "brought upon my head the extreme jealousy of my father." His mother died of fever when he was ten.

His brother Tod died in the War.

In years to come, his wife, a "Gaiety Girl", left him after she fell in love with another man.

He lost all his money in the stock exchange.

And yet he bounced back from everything to live past ninety.

In fact, a year between April 1982 and July 1983, when he passed away, Jack MacBryan was the oldest living Test cricketer in the world.

PS:

Even his war injury was bizarre. A bullet pieced his right buttock, then his groin. The next morning his "genitals had swollen to a most interesting size". Then he was captured.