Val Holten

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]

Val Holten
Personal information
Full name
Charles Valentine Holten
Born(1927-09-15)15 September 1927
Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Died14 January 2015(2015-01-14) (aged 87)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1950/51–1952/53Victoria
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 170
Batting average 21.25
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 59*
Balls bowled 176
Wickets 2
Bowling average 45.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/11
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricInfo, 30 August 2022

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]

Personal life

He married Dorothy Porter in 1952.[8] He died at Melbourne in 2015 aged 87.[9][10][11][12]

References
  1. Beames, Percy (7 December 1953). "Pathetic Displays by Batsmen in District Games". The Age. p. 14. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. Welch, Bruce (30 December 1949). "Holten Made Two Starts". The Age. p. 13. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  3. Beames, Percey. "Holten Makes 108 in District Play". The Age. p. 13. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. Piesse, Ken (2015). "Val Holten – A Giant of the Game" (PDF). Scoresheet. Australian Cricket Society. 36 (1): 2. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. "Vale Val Holten" (Press release). Cricket Victoria. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  6. Ryan, Conor (11 March 2014). "Val Holten elevated to Legend status". Stonnington Leader.
  7. Amy, Paul (19 March 2008). "One for the ages". Stonnington Leader. p. 41.
  8. "Cricketer to Marry at Grammar Chapel". The Herald. 4 March 1952. p. 13. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  9. Val Holten, CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2022. (subscription required)
  10. O'Molloy, Eamonn (21 January 2015). "Sub-District farewells one of the greats". Diamond Valley Leader. News Limited. p. 24.
  11. Paproth, Daniel (19 January 2015). "VSDCA mourns passing of Oakleigh's 'Don Bradman'". The Weekly Review Bayside & Port Philip. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  12. Paproth, Daniel (21 January 2015). "VSDCA: Oakleigh's touching tribute to legend Val Holten". The Weekly Review Bayside & Port Philip. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2022.


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