Famous Cricketers No 40 - Neil Harvey

277. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Old Trafford, July 27, 28, 29, 31, August 1 (Australia won by 54 runs) c R.Subba Row b J.B.Statham 19 190 367 1 c J.T.Murray b E.R.Dexter 35 432 201 278. Australians v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 2, 3, 4 (Australians won by 255 runs) c and b G.A.R.Lock 20 209 1 0 2 0 79 c and b G.A.R.Lock 19 225-9d - - - - 100 279. Australians v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) not out 115 296-1d 251 1 c and b R.Miller 30 103-3 184-4d 280. Australians v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, August 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c D.E.V.Padgett b K.Gillhouley 16 301-3d - - - - 166 did not bat - 180-3d 3 0 14 0 237-7 1 281. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Kennington Oval, August 17, 18, 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) lbw b J.A.Flavell 13 494 - - - - 256 1 1 0 0 370-8 282. Australians v Hampshire, Southampton, August 26, 28, 29 (Australians won by five wickets) b M.B.Heath 72 255 194 2 c A.C.D.Ingleby-MacKenzie b M.D.Burden 10 165-5 221 2 283. Australians v Gentlemen of England, Lord’s, August 30, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c D.B.Carr b E.R.Dexter 9 422 195 2 325-8 284. Australians v A.E.R.Gilligan’s XI, Hastings, September 2, 4, 5 (Australians won by three wickets) c R.E.Hitchcock b G.A.R.Lock 13 364 360 c W.E.Alley b G.A.R.Lock 65 283-7 286 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Tests 5 8 0 338 114 42.25 1 2 2 Other matches 19 27 2 1114 140 44.56 4 3 23 1961 24 35 2 1452 140 44.00 5 5 25 Career 284 423 33 20167 229 51.71 64 87 209 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Tests 1 1 0 0 - - Other matches 52.3 20 93 4 4/8 23.25 1961 (6-ball) 53.3 21 93 4 4/8 23.25 Career (8-ball) 164.2 25 } 1076 30 4/8 35.86 (6-ball) 197.3 67 1961/62 Harvey experienced a very indifferent season hitting only one fifty in fourteen Shield innings. His fifty came against Queensland when he and N.C.O’Neill (78) added 120 for the third wicket. Harvey’s 73 was scored in 119 minutes with 9 fours. Despite the poor form of both Harvey and O’Neill New South Wales used only twelve players during the season and took their ninth successive Sheffield Shield. Harvey’s only other innings over fifty was his 69 in 76 minutes with 10 fours against the New Zealand tourists on their way home from South Africa. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 285. New South Wales v Western Australia, Sydney, November (24), (25), 27, 28 (Match drawn) c sub (A.O.Lodge) b K.N.Slater 22 218 176 c J.F.Parker b B.J.Shepherd 34 121-2 39