John Giles Upton Daniels (born 25 January 1942) is a former English cricketer. Daniels was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire and educated at Winchester College, where he represented the college cricket team.[1]
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| Full name | John Giles Upton Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1942 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Rupert Daniels (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 July 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daniels entered the Royal Armoured Corps with the rank of second lieutenant in 1961.[2] He later made his only first-class cricket appearance for Gloucestershire against Oxford University in 1964. In this match, he scored 15 runs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, before being dismissed by Ted Fillary, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by Tim Razzall.[3] In 1964, he made a single first-class appearance for the Combined Services against Oxford University.[4] He scored 10 runs in the Combined Services first-innings, before being dismissed by John Martin, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 22 runs by Tim Razzall.[5] Daniels held the rank of lieutenant still within the Royal Armoured Corps by 1965,[6] however on 15 April 1967 he resigned his commission.[7]
His brother, Rupert, played first-class cricket for Oxford University. As of 2011, Daniels and his brother run a company called Edgbarne Trust Limited, based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Teams John Daniels played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "No. 42407". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 July 1961. p. 5089.
- ^ "Gloucestershire v Oxford University, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Daniels". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Combined Services v Oxford University, 1964". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "No. 43638". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 April 1965. p. 4205.
- ^ "No. 44303". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 April 1967. p. 4929.
- ^ "Profile: Edgbarne Trust Limited". companiesintheuk.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2011.