Famous Cricketers No 94 - Alfred Lewis Valentine

(ave 104.44), including a sequence of five successive centuries. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 57. West Indians v Auckland, Auckland, January 20, 21, 23 (West Indians won by eight wickets) b E.F.Dunn 2 330 32.5 9 56 4 B.J.Sorenson lbw 277 T.S.Hambrook b E.F.Dunn st A.P.Binns A.F.Lissette lbw did not bat - 51-2 38.1 24 26 2 D.D.Taylor c A.P.Binns 102 G.A.Richards c F.M.King 58. WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND, Dunedin, February 3, 4, 6 (West Indies won by an innings and 71 runs) lbw b R.W.Blair 2 353 24 13 28 2 B.Sutcliffe b 74 J.E.F.Beck b 36 17 51 2 B.Sutcliffe c A.P.Binns 208 H.B.Cave c B.H.Pairaudeau 59. WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, February 18, 20, 21 (West Indies won by an innings and 64 runs) run out 1 386 22 9 48 2 J.R.Reid b 158 S.C.Guillen b 22.4 11 32 5 S.N.McGregor c C.C.DePeiza 164 J.W.Guy b A.R.MacGibbon hit wkt I.M.Sinclair c J.D.C.Goddard R.W.Blair c G.S.Sobers 60. West Indians v Central Districts, Wanganui, February 24, 25, 27 (West Indians won by 147 runs) not out 1 246 15 6 28 1 K.F.H.Smith c C.C.DePeiza 162 b D.D.Beard 1 289 37 21 54 1 I.B.Leggatt c D.St E.Atkinson 226 61. WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, March 3, 5, 6, 7 (West Indies won by nine wickets) c S.N.McGregor b J.R.Reid 2 404 35 20 31 1 A.R.MacGibbon c J.D.C.Goddard 208 did not bat - 13-1 15 9 18 0 208 62. WEST INDIES v NEW ZEALAND, Auckland, March 9, 10, 12, 13 (New Zealand won by 190 runs) c D.D.Taylor b H.B.Cave 0 145 41 20 46 2 L.S.M.Miller c E.DeC.Weekes 255 D.D.Taylor lbw st S.C.Guillen b H.B.Cave 5 77 6 0 29 1 S.C.Guillen st A.P.Binns 157-9d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 5 0 10 5 2.00 - - 1 Other matches 2 3 1 4 2 2.00 - - - Season 6 8 1 14 5 2.00 - - 1 Career 62 76 19 237 23 4.15 - - 23 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 201.4 99 283 15 5-32 18.86 1 - Other matches 123 60 164 8 4-56 20.50 - - Season (6-ball) 324.4 159 447 23 5-32 19.43 1 - Career (6-ball) 2856.4 1122 } 7150 299 8-26 23.91 23 5 (8-ball) 537.3 101 1956/57 Valentine participated in three first-class matches this winter, including two for Jamaica against the Duke of Norfolk’s XI. The other fixture was part of an unprecedented quadrangular tournament in Georgetown involving Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad. The hosts, ably coached by Clyde Walcott, won on the strength of some marvellous batting by Basil Butcher, Rohan Kanhai, Bruce Pairaudeau and Joe Solomon. British Guiana scored 1,242 runs for the loss of sixteen wickets 21