Arthur William Trollope Daniel (3 January 1841 – 26 January 1873) was an English all-round sportsman and amateur

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er who played first-class cricket from 1861 to 1869. Daniel was born at

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, the son of William Thomas Shave Daniel. A barrister at

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, he had been captain of the

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Cricket XI and played for its Football XI while at school there. Going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, he was a founder member of the Cambridge University Athletic Club, running in the hurdles race for the university at its first Inter-Varsity sports match in 1864. After leaving Cambridge, he was mainly associated with Middlesex, as a right-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper. He made 37 known appearances in first-class matches.CricketArchive
Retrieved on 17 November 2008. He played for several predominantly amateur teams including the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series. He died of tuberculosis at his brother-in-law's house on Victoria Road, Clapham on 26 January 1873, and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery. He is commemorated in one light of a stained glass window at St Mary the Virgin church, Great Wakering, Essex.

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Stained glass memorial
1841 births 1873 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 English cricketers of 1864 to 1889 Cambridge University cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Middlesex cricketers Burials at West Norwood Cemetery Gentlemen of the South cricketers North v South cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Gentlemen of Middlesex cricketers People educated at Harrow School 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in England {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub

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