Vincent Valentine (cricketer)

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = West Indian
country = West Indies
country abbrev = WI
name = Vincent Valentine
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm fast-medium
tests = 2
test runs = 35
test bat avg = 11.66
test 100s/50s = 0 / 0
test top score = 19*
test balls = 288
test wickets = 1
test bowl avg = 104.00
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 1/55
test catches/stumpings = 0 / 0
FCs = 24
FC runs = 500
FC bat avg = 17.85
FC 100s/50s = 0 / 1
FC top score = 59*
FC balls = 4,604
FC wickets = 49
FC bowl avg = 40.40
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 4/83
FC catches/stumpings = 11 / 0
debut date = 22 July
debut year = 1933
last date = 12 August
last year = 1933
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53197.html

Vincent Adolphus Valentine - An affable player of the 1930’s, Vincent Valentine was born in Portland, Jamaica on April 4, 1908, and died in Kingston, Jamaica on July 6, 1972, aged 64. He was a fast-medium bowler that never really gave batsmen an easy shot, keeping as he did a perfect length, turning the ball both ways off the pitch and swinging it sharply through the air. He was also a forceful lower-order batsman and a safe fielder. He made his first-class debut for Jamaica in a memorable match at Melbourne Park, in February 1932 playing against Lord Tennyson’s touring team. Although he did not bat, due solely to Jamaica’s first innings score of 702 for 5 declared, he took four wickets in the match to play his part in Jamaica’s victory by an innings and 97 runs. It was in this particular match that George Headley (344 not out) and Clarence Passailaigue (261 not out) made an unbeaten stand of 487 that remains a sixth-wicket record record. After just one further match a year later, a match in which he did nothing of note with either the bat or the ball, he was selected for the West Indies tour to England in 1933. In truth, he only made the tour as a substitute for Learie Constantine who had availability restrictions due to his Lancashire League commitments for Nelson. Nineteen of Valentine’s 24 first-class matches came on the tour, including his two Test matches (the 2nd and 3rd of the trip) in which his most noted achievement was his 19 not out in the visitor’s second innings at Old Trafford. Valentine’s death in 1972 went unreported at the time and therefore no obituary appeared for him within the pages of Wisden.

References:

# "World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary" by Christopher Martin-Jenkins published by Oxford University Press (1996),
# "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977)" compiled and edited by Bill Frindall published by Headline Book Publishing (1995),
# "The Complete Record of West Indian Test Cricketers" by Bridgette Lawrence & Ray Goble published by ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. (1991),
# www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players.