Giles Daniels
English cricketer
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John Giles Upton Daniels (25 January 1942 – 8 March 2025) was an 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]
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
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| Full name | John Giles Upton Daniels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 January 1942 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 March 2025 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 in the Royal Armoured Corps in 1965,[6] however on 15 April 1967 he resigned his commission.[7]
His brother, Rupert, played first-class cricket for Oxford University. Daniels and his brother ran a company called Edgbarne Trust Limited, based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire until the time of his death.[8] Giles Daniels died on 8 March 2025, at the age of 83.[9][10]