Career
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 1947-1948. 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.