Famous Cricketers No 40 - Neil Harvey

Bowling O M R W BB Ave Sheffield Shield (8-ball) 6.6 4 15 1 1/10 15.00 Career (8-ball) 103.5 12 } 576 15 3/9 38.40 (6-ball) 51 13 1956/57 - Australians in New Zealand Of the side that toured England in 1956 only Craig, Benaud, Burge and Harvey were in the side to New Zealand with L.E.Favell and W.J.Watson who had toured the West Indies in 1955; the rest were newcomers, two of whom, R.B.Simpson and N.C.O’Neill, were to become the next generation of Australian stars. Scoring 383 in his first three matches Harvey then fell away but headed the aggregates with 448. In the first match at Christchurch the Australians were set 222 to win in 160 minutes; Harvey was dropped at three and again at four but in seventy-five minutes he and L.E.Favell (47) added 82 and with R.Benaud (75*) 62 were added in only thirty-one minutes. Harvey’s share in these stands was 68 in 108 minutes with seven fours and the Australians got home with ten minutes to spare. Against Otago he hit a six and twenty-four fours in an innings of 161 in 181 minutes; he shared a stand of 204 with R.B.Simpson (75) that took 152 minutes, Harvey’s share being 141 and Simpson’s 58. During this innings he became the tenth Australian to pass 15,000 first-class runs. The first representative game against New Zealand was played at Christchurch and in the second innings he batted for 149 minutes to score 84 with thirteen fours; with I.D.Craig (123*) he added 105 in 116 minutes, Harvey’s share being 70. At one point Harvey dominated the play by scoring 51 while Craig added two singles. In the last representative match the new star, nineteen-year-old N.C.O’Neill, scored 102 in 165 minutes with thirteen fours. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 205. Australians v Canterbury, Christchurch, February 15, 16, 18 (Australians won by five wickets) c M.B.Poore 41 249 - - - - 229 1 c S.C.Guillen b M.B.Poore 68 223-5 1 0 1 0 241 206. Australians v Otago, Dunedin, February 22, 23 (Australians won by an innings and 102 runs) c A.M.Moir b F.J.Cameron 161 344 1 1 0 0 187 - - - - 55 1 207. Australians v New Zealand, Christchurch, March 1, 2, 4 (Match drawn) c M.E.Chapple b J.C.Alabaster 29 216 12 4 9 1 J.R.Reid c I.D.Craig 268 b H.B.Cave 84 284-3d 4 3 4 0 112-2 208. Australians v New Zealand, Wellington, March 8, 9, 11 (Match drawn) lbw b H.B.Cave 2 215 1 0 10 0 249 1 c and b H.B.Cave 3 146-6 209. Australians v Central Districts, New Plymouth, March 23, 25, 26 (Australians won by ten wickets) c D.R.Tarrant b H.B.Cave 18 272 5 1 20 0 176 not out 31 58-0 - - - - 153 1 210. Australians v New Zealand, Auckland, March 29, 30, April 1 (Australians won by ten wickets) lbw b R.W.Blair 11 350-8d 198 did not bat - 13-0 161 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1956/57 6 10 1 448 161 49.77 1 2 4 Career 210 317 27 15308 225 52.78 48 68 123 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 1956/57 (6-ball) 24 9 44 1 1/9 44.00 Career (8-ball) 103.5 12 } 620 16 3/9 38.75 (6-ball) 75 22 29