| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | John Giles Upton Daniels |
| Birth Date: | 25 January 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, Warwickshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Family: | Rupert Daniels (brother) |
| Club1: | Combined Services |
| Year1: | 1964 |
| Club2: | Gloucestershire |
| Year2: | 1964 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 2 |
| Runs1: | 51 |
| Bat Avg1: | 12.75 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 22 |
| Deliveries1: | – |
| Wickets1: | – |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 30 July |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12040.html Cricinfo |
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]
Daniels entered the Royal Armoured Corps with the rank of second lieutenant in 1961. 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.[2] In 1964, he made a single first-class appearance for the Combined Services against Oxford University.[3] 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.[4] Daniels held the rank of lieutenant 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 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.[5]