John Daley (cricketer)

Jack Daley
Born
John Valiant Daley

(1906-02-01)1 February 1906
Died14 June 1986(1986-06-14) (aged 80)
SpousePhyllis Leonora Kewley

John Valiant Daley (1 February 1906 – 14 June 1986), was an English first-class cricketer and a greyhound trainer.

Personal life

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He was born in Beccles; died in Margate.[1]

Cricket career

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He played for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1936 until 1938.

Greyhound racing

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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

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  1. ^ John Daley at ESPNcricinfo
  2. ^ Genders, Roy (1981). The Encyclopedia of Greyhound Racing. Pelham Books Ltd. ISBN 07207-1106-1.
  3. ^ Genders, Roy (1975). The Greyhound and Racing Greyhound. Page Brothers (Norwich). ISBN 0-85020-0474.