John Giles Upton Daniels (born 25 January 1942) is a former English

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er. Daniels was a right-handed

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. He was born in

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and educated at

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, where he represented the college cricket team. Daniels entered the

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with the rank of second lieutenant in 1961. He later made his only

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appearance for

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against

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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

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. In 1964, he made a single first-class appearance for the

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against Oxford University. 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. Daniels held the rank of

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still within the Royal Armoured Corps by 1965, however on 15 April 1967 he resigned his commission. 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

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, Gloucestershire.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Daniels, John 1942 births Living people Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands People educated at Winchester College Royal Armoured Corps officers English cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Combined Services cricketers English cricketers of 1946 to 1968 20th-century English sportsmen 20th-century British Army personnel Military personnel from Birmingham, West Midlands