Famous Cricketers No 40 - Neil Harvey

26. Australians v Surrey, Kennington Oval, June 30, July 1, 2 (Australians won by ten wickets) run out 43 389 221 1 not out 73 122-0 289 27. Australians v Gloucestershire, Bristol, July 3, 5, 6 (Australians won by an innings and 363 runs) c B.O.Allen b C.Cook 95 774-7d 279 132 2 28. Australians v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 17, 19, 20 (Australians won by ten wickets) c F.G.Mann b P.I.Bedford 10 317 203 did not bat - 22-0 135 29. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Headingley, July 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 (Australia won by seven wickets) b J.C.Laker 112 458 496 not out 4 404-3 365-8d 2 30. Australians v Derbyshire, Derby, July 28, 29, 30 (Australians won by an innings and 34 runs) c C.S.Elliott b A.E.G.Rhodes 32 456 240 182 31. Australians v Glamorgan, Swansea, July 31, August 2, (3) (Match drawn) not out 9 215-3 197 32. Australians v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 4, 5, 6 (Australians won by nine wickets) b W.E.Hollies 0 254 138 did not bat - 41-1 155 33. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Kennington Oval, August 14, 16, 17, 18 (Australia won by an innings and 149 runs) c J.A.Young b W.E.Hollies 17 389 52 188 34. Australians v Kent, Canterbury, August 21, 23 (Australians won by an innings and 186 runs) b F.Ridgway 60 361 51 124 35. Australians v Somerset, Taunton, August 28, 30 (Australians won by an innings and 374 runs) c W.T.Luckes b J.Redman 126 560-6d 115 71 36. Australians v South of England, Hastings, September 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c S.C.Griffith b R.T.D.Perks 110 522-7d 6 2 15 1 T.E.Bailey c R.R.Lindwall 298 1 37. Australians v H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI, Scarborough, September 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) b F.R.Brown 23 489-9d - - - - 177 1 4 1 14 0 75-2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 2 3 1 133 112 66.50 1 - 2 Other Matches 20 24 5 996 126 52.42 3 5 15 1948 22 27 6 1129 126 53.76 4 5 17 Career 37 48 7 2166 154 52.82 6 11 26 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 1948 (6-ball) 10 3 29 1 1/15 29.00 1948/49 After his deeds in England Harvey had a moderate season in Australia. In Victoria’s first Shield match of the season at Melbourne against Queensland he was joined by the fourth brother to play first-class cricket when Clarence replaced C.C.McDonald who had an injured wrist. The only time he revealed his true form was in the Shield match at Sydney where on a grassy pitch there was some bad batting by both sides. K.R.Miller played a superb innings of 99 and Harvey hit two seventies, 72 in 124 minutes with 2 fours in the first innings and 75 in 120 minutes with 6 fours in the second. Harvey’s highest innings of the season was played in the Testimonial game for A.F.Kippax and W.A.S.Oldfield at Sydney which was also used as a trial for the candidates for the South African tour 8