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	Cricinfo - West Indies legend Alf Valentine dies
		Alf Valentine, who has died in America at the age of 74, was a vital cog in the first great West Indian team - the one that shocked England in 1950 by winning the series 3-1.
		Valentine bowled 92 overs in the second innings, a record at the time, and took 3 for 140: Ramadhin (who was later to claim that record) claimed 5 for 135 in 81.2.
		Alf Valentine returned to England in 2000 and joined his old pal Ramadhin - who has lived in Lancashire for many years after playing for them in the '60s - for a testimonial event that was not a great success.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/140853.html (1232 words)

	Guardian \| Alf Valentine
		Only in song was Alf Valentine, the West Indies left-arm spin bowler, who has died aged 74, cast as second fiddle to Sonny Ramadhin, the man who bowled from the opposite end for most of their joint career.
		Valentine took 33 at an average of 20.42 from 422.3 overs, and had tour figures of 123 wickets at 17.94.
		Valentine was born in Spanish Town, 20 miles out of Kingston, a distance that would have made it feel quite remote in 1930.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4922608-103684,00.html (1470 words)

	Islandsun Newspaper - British Virgin Islands
		Valentine had been ill for some time after undergoing surgery and suffering a stroke which affected his speech.
		Valentine took seven wickets in the game at Lord's, the West Indies first every victory in England, and ended the series with an amazing 33 wickets from just the four Test matches.
		Valentine reckons that he and Ramadhin were successful as a pair because their styles contrasted and complimented each other.
	www.islandsun.com /2004-May/22052004/sports3-v13i08.html (377 words)

	The Jamaica Star :: 'Those little pals of mine, Ramadhin and Valentine' ::
		Born on April 29, 1930, Valentine came to prominence in that 1950 series, when he was the youngest member of the side and played a significant role in helping the visitors secure their first Test series victory in England.
		Valentine and Ramadhin were the names on everyone's lips, after they captured 59 wickets between them in the series with the Jamaican taking 33 wickets at 20.42 runs apiece, including Len Hutton three times.
		Valentine had 15 wickets at 18.86 in four Tests in New Zealand, but ill health, injury and lack of form restricted his appearances over the next three years until he was the surprise choice for the famous tour of Australia in 1960-61 during which the first tied Test took place.
	www.jamaica-star.com /thestar/20040513/sports/sports3.html (566 words)

	West Indies legend passes away - World - News - ECB
		Valentine, who had been ailing for some time, had back surgery after which he suffered a stroke which affected his speech.
		Valentine took seven wickets in the opening Test at Lord’s as the Windies won their first Test match in England.
		Valentine was named Cricketer of the Year in 1951 and was in the Test squad until 1963.
	www.ecb.co.uk /mobile/news/world/caribbean-mourns-loss-of-valentine,484,EN.html (201 words)

	Cricket, lovely cricket...
		Valentine made an immediate impact with 11 wickets in the match including a record 8 for 104 in his very first innings.
		Valentine was tall, skinny, forever squinting through his thick spectacles, twirling his fastish left arm spinners —; a total contrast.
		Valentine finished with 33 wickets in the series at 20.42, and Ramadhin 26 at 23.23.
	www.tssonnet.com /tss2850/stories/20051210003406000.htm (1364 words)

	Windies spin great Valentine passes away
		Alf Valentine, former West Indies spin-bowling great of the 1950s and 60s, died at his home in Orlando, Florida, at the age of 74, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
		Valentine played 36 Tests, taking 139 wickets at an average of 30.32.
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	www.rediff.com /cricket/2004/may/12valentine.htm (113 words)

	The Hindu : That little friend
		Valentine was a shy, bespectacled man who had come to early notice when he and his little pal, Sonny Ramadhin, bowled the West Indies to victory against England in the summer of 1950.
		Valentine wrote Miller, was a "quiet, likeable character" and a "star bowler".
		Like his fellow Jamaican Alf Valentine, Courtney is a superbly skilled bowler, a perfect gentleman, and an altogether hopeless batsman.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2000/12/10/stories/0710028f.htm (1106 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Cricket greats bid farewell to Valentine - Thursday \| May 13, 2004
		Valentine was among the 15 Jamaicans nominated as one of five of the island's all-time cricket greats at the Scotiabank West Indian Jubilee gala and he was fondly remembered by three of those chosen among the island's elite handful.
		Jeffrey Dujon, the prototype for wicketkeeper/batsmen, said: It dampened things for me. I knew him personally and actually kept wicket to him in a few little pick-up games but his impact on West Indies cricket is something that I could not escape as a student of the game.
		Classic batsman Lawrence Rowe, a teammate of Valentine's at Lucas and fellow Florida resident, said: "I expected to see him here, so it was very sad.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040513/sports/sports6.html (361 words)

	Dallas Morning News \| News for Dallas, Texas \| Texas Living (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		VALENTINE, Texas – When Alf Means was 4 years old, dragging a rope around in the dirt and lassoing everything in sight, his granddad called to him one afternoon to come over.
		For Alf Means, the rest of the story is that he is having to sell his Y6 ranch, which has been in the Means family for more than 100 years.
		Alf Means, 84, had to sell the ranch that had been in his family for more than 100 years.
	www.dallasnews.com /sharedcontent/dws/fea/texasliving/stories/112804dnlivranch.859db.html (3116 words)

	123India.com Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		London, May 12: Alf Valentine, former West Indies spin-bowling great of the 1950s and 60s, has died at his home in Orlando, Florida, at the age of 74.
		Valentine’s combined figures for the two innings of 116-75-127-7 remain a record for the number of maiden overs in a Test and his victims included former England captain Len Hutton twice.
		Valentine played 36 Tests, taking 139 wickets at an average of 30.32.
	cricket.123india.com /news/valentine.html (183 words)

	Rediff On The Net, Life/Style: Why Valentine? Let us celebrate Manmadhan, the Hindu god of love!
		The only Valentines I was familiar with were the English batsman, B A Valentine, and the West Indian left-arm spinner, Alf Valentine who, along with his pal, Sonny Ramadhin, devastated the opposition during the 1950s and were immortalised in the Calypsos of that era.
		But the Valentine who inspired Valentine's Day was someone different, someone who had nothing to do with the glorious game of cricket.
		Valentine's Day falls on February 14 and the custom of exchanging cards with romantic messages seems to have more to do with the mid-February Roman festival of Lupercalia.
	www.rediff.com /style/1996/1502gang.htm (881 words)

	Cricinfo - Those two little pals of mine
		West Indies won their first Test in England, a 326-run thrashing at Lord's, led by a mystifying display from their young spin twins Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine.
		Valentine's match figures were 116-75-127-7 (the 75 maidens are still a Test record), and Ramadhin's 115-70-152-11; it was the slowest torture imaginable.
		Birth of the gangling Victorian seamer Alan Connolly, a bit of an unsung hero for Australia in the sixties.
	content.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/149955.html (554 words)

	Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Alf Valentine
		Alfred Louis Valentine (born 28 April 1930 in Kingston, Jamaica, died 11 May 2004 in Orlando, Florida) was a West Indian cricketer in the 1950s and 1960s.
		Valentine in particular was a surprising choice as he had only taken two wickets in those matches at an average of 95, but somehow he had caught the eye of the West Indies captain, John Goddard.
		Valentine did not impress in the first few matches of the tour, and was not certain to be in the Test team, until in the final warm-up match before the Tests he took 8 for 26 and 5 for 41 as the West Indies beat Lancashire by an innings and 220 runs.
	random.dragonslife.org /alf-valentine/2216 (735 words)

	X-Entertainment: Baking Cakes Shaped Like Alf Is Fun.
		Alf cakes in of themselves are one of the reasons people still buy into religion.
		As I gushed chocolate frosting all over Alf's sensual chest, I prepared myself for a future that would surely be full of guest speaking jobs at hip colleges, and French painter's caps.
		Making Alf cakes is fun, but I wouldn't recommend it for the perfectionists out there.
	x-entertainment.com /articles/0764 (1794 words)

	Caribbean Beat: Archive (1992-2006) - Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Valentine was a counselor at a camp for troubled teenagers in Florida.
		It was an emotional evening, and a fascinating one for a lifelong cricket fan, as I sat with two of the game’s legends and listened to them talk about their on-field rivalries and off-field friendships with many of the cricketers I’d idolised as a youngster.
		The Valentines and myself tried, unsuccessfully, to find a copy in England, and had reluctantly thrown in the towel by the time we were heading back to Florida and Barbados respectively.
	www.meppublishers.com /online/caribbean-beat/archive/index.php?pid=6001&id=cb71-2-82 (1140 words)

	Boards of Arcadia > Valentine's Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Feb 16 2006, 08:38 AM valentines day is a day which people use to humili8 those w/o relations, even more if a persons relations is the one you like(not my situation).
		Valentine, and Valentines Day have been made corporate, and much like Catch said, it is a day that men are made to feel that they must profess their love through material posessions.
		It would be all the worse if he were to approach her on Valentine's day - the stereotypically misrepresented day of love and affection - and ask for the aforementioned dinner.
	www.animearcadia.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t1866.html (2757 words)

	ABC Sport - Cricket - Calypso spin-twin Valentine dies aged 74 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Alf Valentine, former West Indies spin-bowling great of the 1950s and 60s, has died at his home in Orlando, Florida at the age of 74.
		Valentine's combined figures for the two innings of 116-75-127-7 remain a record for the number of maiden overs in a Test, and his victims included former England captain Len Hutton - twice.
		His prodigious left-arm spin was to trouble Hutton for the rest of the series which the West Indies went on to win 3-1, thanks also to the batting exploits of Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott - the three Ws.
	www.abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/s1107403.htm (245 words)

	Former Windies spinner Valentine dies -DAWN - Sport; 13 May, 2004
		LONDON, May 12: Alf Valentine, former West Indies spin-bowling great of the 1950s and 60s, has died at his home in Orlando, Florida at the age of 74.
		Valentine's combined figures for the two innings of 116-75-127-7 remain a record for the number of maiden overs in a Test and his victims included former England captain Len Hutton twice.
		His prodigious left-arm spin was to trouble Hutton for the rest of the series which the West Indies went on to win 3-1, thanks also to the batting exploits of Frank Worrell, Everton Weekes and Clyde Walcott - the three Ws.
	www.dawn.com /2004/05/13/spt5.htm (247 words)

	Cricinfo - FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At the start of the tour they were virtual unknowns, even in their own country, where their combined experience amounted to less than half-a-dozen matches; and they arrived as unmistakable cricketing innocents.
		In Tests Alf Valentine (Jamaica), the faithful left-armer categorized as slow, though he gave it no air and made it buzz with spin, took 33 wickets at 20.42.
		The short, neat `Sonny' Ramadhin (Trinidad), of Indian extraction, who spun out of his needly fingers a mixture of leg-breaks and off-breaks (not googlies) which, partly because of his busy cartwheel action, were extremely difficult to `pick', had 26 at 23.23.
	content.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/70137.html (1804 words)

	"V" Famous People
		Valentine, Alf(red Lewis) (1930-) Cricketer, born in Kingston, Jamaica.
		Valentine, St (?-c.269) Roman priest and Christian martyr...
		Valentin, Moïse (1591-1632) Painter, born in Coulommiers, NC France.
	www.jonathanselby.com /Vfam (4875 words)

	CaribbeanCricket.com - The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket
		Valentine, the slim Jamaican immortalised in the famous calypso "those little pals of mine..." was, along with Sonny Ramadhin, one half of the greatest spin bowling duo in the history of West Indies cricket.
		Valentine and Ramadhin were the stars of the infamous 326-run win over England at Lord's in 1950.
		Both playing their second Tests, Valentine took 7-127 in the match (his spell included 75 maidens, a Test record).
	caribbeancricket.com /news/0000/00/00/1399 (270 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Cricket \| Windies star Valentine dies
		Valentine, from Jamaica, played 36 Test matches for the West Indies in which he took 139 Test wickets at 30.32.
		Valentine took seven wickets in the opening Test at Lord's as the tourists won their first Test match in England.
		After his last Test in 1963 Valentine enjoyed a successful spell in the English leagues before retiring to America.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/cricket/3706297.stm (233 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta
		London: Alf Valentine, the West Indies spin bowling great of the 1950s and 60s, has died at his home in Orlando at the age of 74.
		The Jamaican formed a famed spin attack with Sonny Ramadhin and the pair became celebrated in a Calypso song “Those little pals of mine — Ramadhin and Valentine.”
		Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd said: “He was very accurate and had a great cricketing brain.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040513/asp/sports/story_3240741.asp (83 words)

	Amazon.com: My Bloody Valentine (Ws Sub): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is the first valentine party in 20 years, because then there was an accident in the mine, and the accident happened because the men responsible for the security was at the party.
		This bizarre little horror movie is set in the mining town of Valentine Bluffs, which may be in Canada, though the odd, indeterminate accents of the cast are perhaps meant to suggest that it is truly a regionless everyland.
		This year is to be the first return of the Valentine's Dance--repeatedly described by adults as the biggest event of the year--but someone (or something?) is trying to put a stop to the fun by delivering heart-shaped candy boxes with real hearts in them.
	home.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000069I04?v=glance (2557 words)

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