Arthur Daniel

Arthur William Trollope Daniel (3 January 1841 – 26 January 1873), was an English all-round sportsman and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1861 to 1869.

Daniel was born at St Pancras, London, the son of William Thomas Shave Daniel. A barrister at Lincoln's Inn, he had been captain of the Harrow Cricket XI and played for its Football XI while at school there. Going up to Trinity College, Cambridge,^[1] 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.^[2] 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.^[1] He is commemorated in one light of a stained glass window at St Mary the Virgin church, Great Wakering, Essex.

References

1. "Daniel, Arthur William Trollope (DNL859AW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. CricketArchive. Retrieved on 17 November 2008.

Further reading

• H S Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1962
• Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volumes 1-11 (1744–1870), Lillywhite, 1862–72
• West Norwood Cemetery's Sportsmen, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, 1995

External links

• CricketArchive profile
• Stained glass memorial