Consuming runs
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He was a skilled gunslinger and gambler and best friend of the famous lawman in Tombstone, an unforgiving place that was home to many a cowboy, saloon, gambling joint and lady of the night.
It was not a place for the weak-willed.
Holliday was a dentist, a skilled one at that although he was drawn more to the green baize of the gambling tables where he used his intelligence to outwit opponents to supplement his earnings from treating people's teeth.
By all accounts he was a decent man, a loyal man, especially to Earp. His loyalty in gun battles all the more remarkable given he was dying from Tuberculosis; or Consumption as it was then known.
He contracted it from looking after his mother who died of the disease when he was just 15-years-old.
Pembrokeshire cricketers will be more familiar with a different Doc' Holliday (this one is a child psychiatrist, his first name is Simon) and he too is suffering from consumption albeit a consumption of runs; which is nowhere near as deadly as the physical illness that did for the Wild West legend of the 1800s, unless of course, you are a bowler suffering at the hands of his blade.
Last Saturday, he scored his second century of the season, his second in succession and the latest in a number of three figure scores that amounts to around 45 in the nine years he's been playing in Pembrokeshire!
This includes one in the Harrison-Allen final and another against Glamorgan seconds which he claims are his favourites
This includes one in the Harrison-Allen final and another against Glamorgan seconds which he claims are his favourites
"I've averaged around five a season but I'm not too sure to be honest, but it would be about that number," he explains almost apologetically.
He's been dealing in runs ever since he arrived and it goes without saying that whenever Haverfordwest hit a big sore, it's inevitable he'll be at the heart of it.
He's a class above the rest with one team-mate calling him a 'freak' because of his run scoring although he wouldn't agree with that assumption. His modesty wouldn't allow it.
"I still get nervous believe it or not. I still have doubts.
"I'm often questioning myself and always learning about my game.
"You never stop learning no matter how experienced you are."
Holliday is certainly experienced having played for a young England team when he was 13 alongside former Lancashire pace bowler Glen Chapple ("he scared the living daylights out of everyone"), and the British Universities against the Minor Counties.
"Apart from that, the highest standard I played was at St Fagans," he admits.
Arriving in Pembrokeshire in 2010 , the new kid on the block soon settled into his stride although his first foray into life at Haverfordwest wasn't as dominant as it is now.
"I had a trial game in the firsts, ran out the skipper, didn't score too many and was quickly dropped to the seconds which I didn't mind at all. I thought it was my level.
"I hit 140 for them, was quickly put back in the firsts and then hit another 140 against Carew and I've stayed there ever since.
"I think I averaged around 200 that season but all I can remember is that we lost more than we won."
A county call-up quickly followed and games for the Wales XL club (overs 40s of which he is captain) yet despite this, the nerves are always there at the start.
"I try to trust myself and trust my eyes, just see the ball and not try to think but it doesn't always work like that.
"I haven't worked out why I get nervous but there comes a point in the innings where you get in the flow, the nerves go and you hit the ball where you want.
"I have to stick around before I can let go but I don't mind that as I know that once set, I can go at ten an over at the end.
"I try to relax because if you are too tense it will affect your game. If you try too hard you won't be able to perform so I try to relax, stay positive and do what's best for the team."
Holliday claims it takes around ten overs to start feeling comfortable at the crease and a few overs more to start getting in his stride.
He builds an innings playing his way while others play around him playing the way that suits them.
"You have to play your way,” he added.
“I remember batting with Adam James. He hit two or three sixes in a row.
"I suggested he knuckle down as there was a big innings in the offering for him.
"He hit the next ball for six. It’s his way but it’s not for everyone.
"Some people have their own way and it works for them.
"You just have to find your way."
Holliday has certainly found his.
The challenge now is for bowlers to work a way through it.
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