Famous Cricketers No 40 - Neil Harvey

13 7 8 1 A.G.Milka Singh b 138 249. AUSTRALIA v INDIA, Calcutta, January 23, 24, 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c M.L.Jaisimha b J.M.Patel 17 331 194 c and b N.J.Contractor 36 121-2 339 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests - Pakistan 3 6 1 273 96 54.60 - 2 5 Tests - India 5 7 0 356 114 50.85 2 1 7 Other matches 2 3 0 82 36 27.33 - - 3 Tour 10 16 1 711 114 47.40 2 3 15 Career 249 372 31 17851 225 52.34 56 78 171 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Tests - Pakistan 5 2 8 0 - - Tests - India 30 12 59 2 1/8 29.50 Other matches 34 10 92 5 2/23 18.40 Tour (6-ball) 69 24 159 7 2/23 22.71 Career (8-ball) 160.2 25 } 968 26 3/9 37.23 (6-ball) 144 46 1959/60 (Part 2) The team arrived home in Sydney on January 30th and a week later after a strenuous tour in which three players G.F.Rorke, L.F.Kline and G.B.Stevens, suffered badly. Davidson, Benaud, O’Neill and Harvey reappeared for New South Wales in their vital Shield match against Western Australia. The win by New South Wales gave them the vital points to win the Shield for the seventh successive season; O’Neill (175), Benaud (54 & 12-148) and Davidson (54 & 3-88) all made significant contributions to the win but unfortunately Harvey contributed only 15. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 250. New South Wales v Western Australia, Sydney, February 5, 6, 8, 9 (New South Wales won by nine wickets) c R.B.Simpson b R.A.Gaunt 15 470 203 1 did not bat - 31-1 294 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 - - - Career 250 373 31 17866 225 52.23 56 78 172 1960/61 Early season saw Harvey in devastating form with 616 runs in five innings. At Brisbane he scored 135 in 239 minutes, adding 148 in 141 minutes with G.Thomas (72) for the fifth wicket. At Perth he captained an Australian XI against the West Indian tourists. In the first innings he batted 164 minutes for 80 and was easily the most impressive of the Australian batsmen; he and C.C.McDonald (37) added 113 for the second wicket and after McDonald was dismissed at 121 the side collapsed to 194 all out. The same pair added exactly 100 for the second wicket in the second innings with Harvey scoring 63. Sydney saw the return game with Queensland. On the first day New South Wales scored 424-2 with Harvey and I.D.Craig sharing a partnership of 323 in 241 minutes - only eleven runs short of the Shield second wicket record set up by D.G.Bradman and A.Jackson for New South Wales against South Australia at Adelaide in 1930/31 (raised by L.A.Marks and K.D.Walters for New South Wales against South Australia at Adelaide in 1964/65 to 378). Craig made a welcome return to form 35