Famous Cricketers No 40 - Neil Harvey

did not bat - 55-0 8 4 8 0 231 1 215. Australians v North Eastern Transvaal, Benoni, December 20, 21 (Match drawn) did not bat - 274-7 0.5 0 4 0 194 216. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, December 31, January 1, 2, 3, 4 (Australia won by an innings and 141 runs) c T.L.Goddard b N.A.T.Adcock 15 449 209 2 99 217. Australians v Transvaal, New Wanderers, Johannesburg, January 10, 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c P.M.Walker b H.J.Tayfield 22 369 188 did not bat - 47-0 257-7d 1 218. Australians v Natal, City Oval, Pietermaritzburg, January 17, 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c T.L.Goddard b P.M.Dodds 98 589 8 1 25 0 288 17 4 60 1 D.J.McGlew c P.J.P.Burge 224-6 219. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, January 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c J.H.B.Waite b N.A.T.Adcock 6 163 384 b N.A.T.Adcock 68 292-7 220. Australians v Orange Free State & Basutoland, Bloemfontein, January 31, February 1, 3 (Match drawn) b S.F.Burke 113 323-4d 3 1 71 1 N.M.D.Reilly lbw 193 7 1 25 0 99-3 221. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, New Wanderers, Johannesburg, February 7, 8, 10, 11, 12 (Australia won by ten wickets) c J.H.B.Waite b H.J.Tayfield 5 401 203 did not bat - 1-0 198 222. Australians v Western Province, Cape Town, February 21, 22, 24 (Australians won by an innings and 50 runs) c R.J.Westcott c C.B.van Ryneveld 11 415 1 0 6 0 104 261 223. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Port Elizabeth, February 28, March 1, 3, 4 (Australia won by eight wickets) lbw b P.S.Heine 15 291 214 2 c and b H.J.Tayfield 22 68-2 144 224. Australians v South African Universities, Cape Town, March 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b D.B.Pithey 60 289 - - - - 110 1 did not bat - 51-1 1 0 3 0 310-6d 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 4 6 0 131 68 21.83 - 1 4 Other matches 10 9 0 628 173 69.77 2 4 6 1957/58 14 15 0 759 173 50.60 2 5 10 Career 224 332 27 16067 225 52.67 50 73 133 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 1957/58 (8-ball) 45.5 11 148 2 1/17 74.00 Career (8-ball) 149.2 23 } 768 18 3/9 42.66 (6-ball) 75 22 1958/59 During the South African tour he gave serious consideration to settling permanently there: his wife, Iris, is a South African. On his return to Australia he appeared on a television show to talk about cricket and his future; he mentioned the fact that he was looking for better employment but got no response in Melbourne. The show was repeated in Sydney and he was approached by a Sydney firm, John Dynon and Sons, with the offer of a sales supervisor’s job. He moved to Sydney in mid-1958. On his debut for his new state he survived a stumping chance off W.T.Walmsley at twenty and scored 160 31