Famous Cricketers No 94 - Alfred Lewis Valentine

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other match (6-ball) 53 8 171 3 2-65 57.00 - - Career (6-ball) 1435.2 554 } 4389 211 8-26 20.80 18 5 (8-ball) 537.3 101 1952/53 In the Caribbean this winter, Valentine participated in eight first-class fixtures, including three for Jamaica and five Tests for the West Indies. He bowled splendidly against the touring Indians to take 28 Test wickets (ave: 29.57) despite the unresponsive nature of the pitches. By the end of the campaign, he had lifted his tally to 93 wickets in only 16 Tests. His more famous partner, Sonny Ramadhin, had in the meantime captured 65 wickets in 15 Tests. The West Indies won the series 1-0, as most of the high-scoring matches were left drawn. Apart from Valentine and India’s Subhash Gupte, who took 27 wickets, the bowlers were dominated by the batsmen. Everton Weekes (102.28), Clyde Walcott (76.16), Polly Umrigar (62.46), Jeffrey Stollmeyer (59.00) and Vijay Manjrekar (56.75) all averaged in excess of 50 runs per innings. Against British Guiana in October, in his 39th match, Valentine scored 18 runs which was then the highest score of his career. He also claimed 9/200 from 73.5 overs to spin Jamaica to their third consecutive victory over the Guyanese. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 39. Jamaica v British Guiana, Georgetown, October 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 (Jamaica won by eight wickets) lbw b B.B.M.Gaskin 18 492 27 4 84 3 G.L.Gibbs b 236 G.Persaud c A.P.Binns V.A.Rodney st A.P.Binns did not bat - 35-2 46.5 12 116 6 G.L.Wight lbw 290 1 B.H.Pairaudeau b R.J.Christiani b G.Persaud b V.A.Rodney c and b A.F.R.Bishop b 40. Jamaica v British Guiana, Georgetown, October 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) did not bat - 535-6d 60 21 146 1 A.F.R.Bishop c R.O.Scarlett 609 1 did not bat - 55-4 41. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Port-of-Spain, January 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28 (Match drawn) st P.G.Joshi b S.P.Gupte 0 438 56 28 92 2 V.S.Hazare c F.M.M.Worrell 417 P.R.Umrigar c A.P.Binns did not bat - 142-0 28 13 47 1 M.L.Apte b 294 42. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Bridgetown, February 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 (West Indies won by 142 runs) b D.G.Phadkar 6 296 41 21 58 4 M.L.Apte c F.M.M.Worrell 253 1 P.R.Umrigar c R.J.Christiani D.K.Gaekwad c and b P.G.Joshi c F.M.M.Worrell not out 0 228 35 16 53 2 P.Roy c R.A.Legall 129 1 P.G.Joshi c F.M.M.Worrell 43. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Port-of-Spain, February 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c J.M.Ghorpade b S.P.Gupte 0 315 37.2 18 62 1 J.M.Ghorpade c C.L.Walcott 279 did not bat - 192-2 50 17 105 1 P.R.Umrigar st R.A.Legall 362-7d 44. WEST INDIES v INDIA, Georgetown, March 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c V.S.Hazare b S.P.Gupte 13 364 53.5 20 127 5 P.Roy lbw 262 P.R.Umrigar c C.L.Walcott V.S.Hazare c C.L.Walcott M.H.Mankad c R.A.Legall D.G.Phadkar c R.A.Legall 34 14 71 3 P.Roy c F.M.M.Worrell 190-5 G.S.Ramchand b V.L.Manjrekar b 45. Jamaica v Indians, Kingston, March 20, 21, 23 (Indians won by six wickets) c V.S.Hazare b S.P.Gupte 8 194 10 2 19 0 139 st V.L.Manjrekar b S.P.Gupte 0 89 7 2 9 0 147-4 17