John Daniels (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = John Giles Upton Daniels

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|1|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| family = Rupert Daniels (brother)

| club1 = Combined Services

| year1 = 1964

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| club2 = Gloucestershire

| year2 = 1964

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 51

| bat avg1 = 12.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 22

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| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 30 July

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12040.html Cricinfo

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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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28942/all_teams.html|title=Teams John Daniels played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 July 2011}}

Daniels entered the Royal Armoured Corps with the rank of second lieutenant in 1961.{{London Gazette |issue=42407 |date=7 July 1961 |supp=y |page=5089 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26830.html|title=Gloucestershire v Oxford University, 1964|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 July 2011}} In 1964, he made a single first-class appearance for the Combined Services against Oxford University.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28942/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Daniels|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 July 2011}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26847.html|title=Combined Services v Oxford University, 1964|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=30 July 2011}} Daniels held the rank of lieutenant still within the Royal Armoured Corps by 1965,{{London Gazette |issue=43638 |date=27 April 1965 |supp=y |page=4205 }} however on 15 April 1967 he resigned his commission.{{London Gazette |issue=44303 |date=28 April 1967 |supp=y |page=4929 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/edgbarne-trust|title=Profile: Edgbarne Trust Limited|publisher=companiesintheuk.co.uk|accessdate=30 July 2011}}