Val Holten
Charles Valentine "Val" Holten 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.
Holten 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.
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 Hall of Fame in 2007 and in 2014 was appointed a Legend of the VSDCA.
