Famous Cricketers No 94 - Alfred Lewis Valentine

this winter in two matches for Jamaica against the Cavaliers, a group of English tourists led by Denis Compton. He equalled his highest score (24) in his second game against them in January. A Regional Tournament, the forerunner of the Shell Shield, was arranged in the Caribbean and featured six matches, with each of the so-called ‘Big Four’ (Barbados, British Guiana, Jamaica and Trinidad) playing three. Valentine was appointed captain of Jamaica for these games. This seems to have led to a significant improvement in his batting which produced 42 runs in his five innings at the helm. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 116. The Rest v West Indies, Kingston, September 24, 25, 26 (West Indies won by four wickets) not out 24 318 14.2 5 72 5 R.B.Kanhai c H.Parris 314-9d G.S.Sobers b J.S.Solomon b F.M.M.Worrell b W.W.Hall c R.A.Cohen not out 1 289 7 1 47 1 R.B.Kanhai c L.A.King 294-6 117. F.M.M.Worrell’s XI v C.C.Hunte’s XI, Kingston, September 28, 30, October 1 (F.M.M.Worrell’s XI won by 108 runs) did not bat - 381-8d 367 1 did not bat - 329-4d 235 118. Jamaica v Cavaliers, Kingston, January 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) did not bat - 254-5d 16 1 73 3 P.E.Richardson c F.M.M.Worrell 238-7d D.C.S.Compton c E.H.C.Griffith A.C.D.Ingleby-Mackenzie c W.O.Davis did not bat - 202-4d 10 0 64 1 E.R.Dexter st J.L.Hendriks 216-8 119. Jamaica v Cavaliers, Kingston, January 22, 23, 24, 25 (Cavaliers won by five wickets) b F.S.Trueman 1 185 21 4 92 5 T.W.Graveney c E.H.C.Griffith 297-6d 1 J.T.Murray c and b D.C.S.Compton lbw E.R.Dexter c R.A.Pinnock A.C.D.Ingleby-Mackenzie lbw lbw b R.N.S.Hobbs 24 246 6 0 39 0 135-5 1 120. Jamaica v Barbados, Bridgetown, February 21, 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) * b C.C.Griffith 10 215 28.3 9 47 1 R.M.Edwards c R.A.Pinnock 338 did not bat - 311-8 14 1 54 1 M.R.Bynoe b 229-1d 121. Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, February 27, 28, 29, March 2 (Trinidad and Tobago won by 142 runs) * st A.Paul b J.Ali 11 302 34 5 84 2 C.A.Davis c N.Hawkins 367-7d A.Paul c J.L.Hendriks not out 1 95 30.1 6 66 2 B.A.Davis c J.L.Hendriks 172 S.Caesar st J.L.Hendriks 122. Jamaica v British Guiana, Georgetown, March 5, 6, 7 (British Guiana won by an innings and 61 runs) * b I.Persaud 4 142 28.5 7 69 5 B.F.Butcher c E.D.A.St J.McMorris 346 C.Miller b I.Persaud c L.A.King R.C.Collymore st J.L.Hendriks G.Murray st J.L.Hendriks b C.Miller 16 143 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 7 9 3 92 24* 15.33 - - 3 Career 122 138 46 454 24* 4.93 - - 45 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6-ball) 209.5 39 707 26 5-69 27.19 3 - Career (6-ball) 4399.1 1566 } 12253 471 8-26 26.01 32 6 (8-ball) 914.2 177 30