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| country = England<br />
| full_name = Valentine Evelyn Sewell<br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|4|12|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kendal]], [[Westmorland]], [[England]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1978|5|8|1910|4|12|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Yeovil]], [[Somerset]], England<br />
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| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| role = <br />
| family = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]]<br />
| year1 = 1931/32&ndash;1932/33<br />
| clubnumber1 = <br />
| club2 = [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]]<br />
| year2 = 1928<br />
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| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 2<br />
| runs1 = 42<br />
| bat avg1 = 21.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = &ndash;/&ndash;<br />
| top score1 = 25[[not out|*]]<br />
| deliveries1 = 138<br />
| wickets1 = &ndash;<br />
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| fivefor1 = &ndash;<br />
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| best bowling1 = &ndash;<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/&ndash;<br />
| date = 20 November<br />
| year = 2011<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/34418.html Cricinfo<br />
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'''Valentine Evelyn Sewell''' (12 April 1910 – 8 May 1978) was an English [[cricket]]er. Sewell's [[Batting (cricket)|batting]] and [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] styles are unknown. He was born in [[Kendal]], [[Westmorland]] and educated at [[Ardingly College]] in [[Sussex]].<br />
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Sewell made two appearances for [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]] in the 1928 [[Minor Counties Championship]] against [[Cornwall County Cricket Club|Cornwall]] and [[Wiltshire County Cricket Club|Wiltshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14533/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Valentine Sewell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref> Later, while in the [[British Raj]], Sewell made two [[first-class cricket|first-class]] appearances for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in the 1931–32 and 1932–33 [[Madras Presidency Matches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14533/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Valentine Sewell|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref> In the 1931–32 match, he scored 25 [[not out]] in the Europeans first-innings, while in their second-innings he wasn't required to bat. He also bowled a total of eighteen wicketless [[over (cricket)|overs]] in the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14147.html|title=Europeans v Indians, 1931/32|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref> In the 1932–33 match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans first-innings by [[Morappakam Gopalan]], while in their second-innings he was dismissed by [[Shahabuddin (cricketer)|Shahabuddin]] for 16 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/14/14533.html|title=Europeans v Indians, 1932/33|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 November 2011}}</ref><br />
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During [[World War II]] he was called up as an Emergency Commission with the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]] on 26 October 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35083 |date=21 February 1941 |supp=y |page=1089 }}</ref> He died at [[Yeovil]], [[Somerset]] on 8 May 1978.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/34418.html Valentine Sewell] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14533/14533.html Valentine Sewell] at CricketArchive<br />
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[[Category:Cricketers from Cumbria]]<br />
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