John Daley (cricketer)
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Jack Daley | |
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Born | John Valiant Daley 1 February 1906 |
Died | 14 June 1986 | (aged 80)
Spouse | Phyllis Leonora Kewley |
John Valiant Daley (1 February 1906 – 14 June 1986), was an English first-class cricketer and a greyhound trainer.
Personal life
He was born in Beccles; died in Margate.[1]
Cricket career
He played for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1936 until 1938.
Greyhound racing
He trained a greyhound called Good Worker that won the 1948 Laurels, Silver Salver and Wimbledon Two-Year Old Produce Stakes. The following year the same greyhound won the Champion Stakes.[2]
He was attached as a trainer to Ramsgate Stadium at the time but in 1949 he relinquished his licence to become a cricket coach.[3]
References
- ^ John Daley at ESPNcricinfo
- ^ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
- ^ Genders, Roy (1975). The Greyhound and Racing Greyhound. Page Brothers (Norwich). ISBN 0-85020-0474.
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