Val Holten | |
Country: | Australia |
Fullname: | Charles Valentine Holten |
Birth Date: | 15 September 1927 |
Birth Place: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Club1: | Victoria |
Year1: | 1950/51–1952/53 |
Type1: | FC |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 5 |
Runs1: | 170 |
Bat Avg1: | 21.25 |
100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
Top Score1: | 59* |
Deliveries1: | 176 |
Wickets1: | 2 |
Bowl Avg1: | 45.00 |
Fivefor1: | 0 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 1/11 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
Date: | 30 August |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/val-holten-5859 CricInfo |
Charles Valentine "Val" Holten (15 September 1927 – 14 January 2015) was an Australian cricketer who played five first class cricket matches for Victoria between 1950 - 51 and 1952 - 53. Born in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne, Holten was a right hand batsman and right arm medium pace bowler who bowled inswingers.[1] [2] He was considered "one of the State's most useful cricketers."[3]
Holten attended Hailebury College and Melbourne Grammar,[4] and first played District cricket with Melbourne Cricket Club in 1947 - 48. After two seasons with Melbourne, he moved to Prahran Cricket Club where he played another eight seasons; topping the District cricket averages in his first season and five seasons later topping the aggregate.[5]
Holten later joined the Sub-District club of Malvern. A dispute over coaching fees five seasons later saw him move to sub-district rivals Oakleigh. Highly successful at sub-district level, Holten was made an inaugural member of the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association (VSDCA) Hall of Fame in 2007 and in 2014 was appointed a Legend of the VSDCA.[6] [7]
He married Dorothy Porter in 1952.[8] He died at Melbourne in 2015 aged 87.[9] [10] [11] [12]