John Nugent Valentine (born 20 September 1954) is a Canadian former

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, a left-arm medium-pace bowler who was the first player to take a wicket for Canada in a

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. In terms of batting, he was decidedly a tail-ender, and in nine matches at ODI and ICC Trophy level his highest score was 3 not out. He played domestic cricket in Canada for

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, Ontario. Valentine appeared in Canada's runner-up

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team with some success; he took nine wickets at 15.88, though never more than two in a single innings. He also played in his country's 1979 World Cup side, opening the bowling and removing Pakistan's opening batsman Majid Khan for 1. Valentine played two other matches for the outclassed Canadian team in that tournament, against England (taking the wicket of captain Mike Brearley) and

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(claiming the scalp of

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). He now works as a technology teacher in Ashbury College. Valentine's father,

Barry Valentine Barry Valentine (26 September 1927 – 16 October 2009) was bishop of the Diocese of Rupert's Land in the Anglican Church of Canada from 1970 to 1982. Valentine's episcopacy was "transformational and visionary." Birth and education Valentine wa ...

, played cricket for Cambridge University and later became the Bishop of Rupert's Land in Canada.Adams. p. 195.

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* Adams, P. (2010) ''A history of Canadian cricket,'' lulu.com. . Canadian cricketers Canada One Day International cricketers 1954 births Living people Sportspeople from Montreal Cricketers from Quebec Canadian people of English descent Anglophone Quebec people {{Canada-cricket-bio-stub