Famous Cricketers No 94 - Alfred Lewis Valentine

Bowling - Modes of Dismissal (a) First-class Ct B C&B LBW St HW Total 256 116 20 44 35 4 475 The colleagues who held the most catches off Valentine’s bowling were Everton Weekes (21), John Goddard (19), Frank Worrell (18), Clyde Walcott (16), Gerry Alexander (14), Gerry Gomez (10), Roy Marshall (10), J.K.C. Holt jr (8), Jeffrey Stollmeyer (8), Robert Christiani (7), Garry Sobers (7), Conrad Hunte (6) and Rohan Kanhai (6). The batsmen dismissed most often in first-class cricket by Valentine were Jim Laker (7), Len Hutton (6), Colin McDonald (6), Norman Yardley (6), Denis Compton (5), Keith Miller (5), Polly Umrigar (5), John Dewes (4), Tom Dollery (4), Carl Furlonge (4), Tom Graveney (4), Ken Grieves (4), Neil Harvey (4), Gil Langley (4), Arthur Morris (4), Pankaj Roy (4) and Reg Simpson (4). Bowling - Modes of Dismissal (b) Tests Ct B C&B LBW St HW Total 72 36 7 16 6 2 139 The colleagues who took the most catches off Valentine’s bowling in Test cricket were Everton Weekes (12), Frank Worrell (12), John Goddard (8), Clyde Walcott (5), Gerry Gomez (4), Ralph Legall (4) and Jeffrey Stollmeyer (4). The batsmen dismissed most often in Test cricket by Valentine were Len Hutton (5), Keith Miller (5), Polly Umrigar (5), Colin McDonald (4), Arthur Morris (4), Pankaj Roy (4), Norman Yardley (4), Madhav Apte (3), Richie Benaud (3), Denis Compton (3), John Dewes (3), Neil Harvey (3), Vijay Hazare (3), Graeme Hole (3), Jim Laker (3), Gulabrai Ramchand (3) and John Reid (3). Five Wickets in an Innings (32) 35 9 67 5 West Indians MCC Lord’s 1950 22 9 26 8 West Indians Lancashire Old Trafford 1950 25.2 10 41 5 West Indians Lancashire Old Trafford 1950 50 14 104 8 West Indies England Old Trafford 1950 34 12 57 7 West Indians Lancashire Liverpool 1950 20.4 4 57 5 West Indians Yorkshire Bramall Lane 1950 28 9 60 5 West Indians Surrey Kennington Oval 1950 26.3 10 39 6 West Indies England Kennington Oval 1950 52.1 23 72 5 West Indians Middlesex Lord’s 1950 13.2 9 6 5 West Indians Kent Canterbury 1950 21.3 7 52 6 Jamaica British Guiana Kingston 1950/51 36.4 6 112 7 Jamaica British Guiana Kingston 1950/51 32.4 6 102 6 Jamaica British Guiana Kingston 1950/51 25 4 99 5 West Indies Australia Brisbane 1951/52 38 5 112 5 West Indians South Australia Adelaide 1951/52 17.5 3 52 7 West Indians South Australia Adelaide 1951/52 27.5 6 102 6 West Indies Australia Adelaide 1951/52 30 9 88 5 West Indies Australia Melbourne 1951/52 45.5 12 116 6 Jamaica British Guiana Georgetown 1952/53 53.5 20 127 5 West Indies India Georgetown 1952/53 27.5 9 64 5 West Indies India Kingston 1952/53 35.5 12 78 8 Jamaica Trinidad Kingston 1953/54 22.4 11 32 5 West Indies New Zealand Christchurch 1955/56 16.5 5 56 5 West Indians Northamptonshire Northampton 1957 27.5 7 64 6 West Indians Sussex Hove 1957 16.1 1 47 5 West Indians Surrey Kennington Oval 1957 39