of 20.42. He bowled a massive 422.5 overs, conceding only 1.59 runs per over. In the tour as a whole, Valentine bowled 1185.2 overs in 21 matches. He took 123 wickets at an average of only 17.94, conceding only 1.86 runs per over. He took five wickets in an innings ten times, including an analysis of 13.2-9-6-5 against Kent. With this record, it was no surprise when he was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1951. Later career Valentine's career never quite reached the spectacular heights of the 1950 tour again. In purely statistical terms, the 1950 warm-up match against Lancashire was his career-best first-class match, and his first Test was his career-best Test match. In the West Indies' next Test series, in Australia in 1951–52, he took 24 wickets in five matches; and when India visited the West Indies in 1953, he took 28 wickets, again in five matches. In 1954 he became the first West Indian to reach 100 Test wickets, in only his 19th Test. But in his last 20 Test matches, from 1954 to 1962, he only took 46 wickets at an average of 40.63. He was still an effective containing bowler, conceding only 2.06 runs per over in those later years, but he didn't have the attacking effectiveness of his dramatic debut. On the 1957 tour of England he suffered a complete loss of confidence. After his last Test, he served as the national coach of Jamaica. Personal Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Valentine was married twice. He had four daughters with his first wife, Gwendolyn, who died. He moved to Florida with his second wife, Jacquelyn, where they fostered dozens of children whose parents were in prison. He died in Orlando, Florida in 2004, aged 74. See also West Indian cricket team Victory Calypso List of West Indies cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut References External links Obituary from Cricinfo Obituary from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Obituary from The Washington Post 1930 births 2004 deaths Jamaican cricketers West Indies Test cricketers Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica Commonwealth XI cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut Jamaica cricketers