Famous Cricketers No 40 - Neil Harvey

286. New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane, December 1, 2, 4, 5 (New South Wales won by 48 runs) c P.J.P.Burge b W.W.Hall 0 291 - - - - 263 c A.T.W.Grout b J.Lihou 27 245-6d 3 1 6 0 225 287. New South Wales v Victoria, Melbourne, December 23, 26, 27, 28 (New South Wales won by 174 runs) c R.C.Jordan b R.A.Gaunt 24 398-8d 236 lbw b R.A.Gaunt 21 254-5d 242 1 288. New South Wales v Queensland, Sydney, December 30, January 1, 2, 3 (New South Wales won by 30 runs) b W.W.Hall 1 390 351 st A.T.W.Grout b T.R.Vievers 73 234-4d 243 289. New South Wales v South Australia, Sydney, January 5, 6, (8), 9 (New South Wales won by six wickets) c L.E.Favell b D.J.Sincock 15 443 250 1 did not bat - 40-4 229 290. New South Wales v Victoria, Sydney, January 26, 27, 29, 30 (New South Wales won by ten wickets) c R.M.Cowper b C.E.J.Guest 46 384 321 did not bat - 139-0 198 291. New South Wales v Western Australia, Perth, February 2, 3, 5, 6 (New South Wales won by 68 runs) c W.R.Smith b L.C.Mayne 1 218 272 c W.R.Smith b L.C.Mayne 31 228 106 1 292. New South Wales v South Australia, Adelaide, February 9, 10, 12, 13 (South Australia won by 130 runs) st B.N.Jarman b D.J.Sincock 39 249 190 b G.St A.Sobers 22 270 459-8d 293. New South Wales v New Zealanders, Sydney, March 9, 10, 12 (New South Wales won by 59 runs) c A.E.Dick b G.A.Bartlett 69 322-7d 251 3 c P.T.Barton b G.A.Bartlett 0 152-7d 164 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 8 14 0 356 73 25.42 - 1 3 Other match 1 2 0 69 69 34.50 - 1 3 1961/62 9 16 0 425 73 26.56 - 2 6 Career 293 439 33 20592 229 50.71 64 89 215 Bowling O M R W BB Ave Sheffield Shield 3 1 6 0 - - Career (8-ball) 167.2 26 } 1082 30 4/8 36.06 (6-ball) 197.3 67 1962/63 For the fourth and final time Harvey scored 1000 runs in an Australian season. He started the season well with a century and four fifties in his first eight innings. His hundred was scored against Western Australia at Sydney when he and R.B.Simpson (122) added 185 in 127 minutes for the third wicket; Harvey made his 128* in 165 minutes with nineteen fours and made 104 of them between the lunch and tea intervals. He scored a brisk half century in the first Test and in the Third Test he and R.B.Simpson (91) added 160 for the second wicket although Harvey was far from comfortable and was dropped at 2 and 32. At Sydney against South Australia he made a masterly 231* in 287 minutes with twenty-two fours. With G.Thomas (72) he added 149 and in the last forty-eight minutes of the innings he added 100 in an unbroken stand with J.W.Martin (28*); 120 of the runs were scored between the lunch and tea intervals on the second day. During the match he announced that he would be retiring from all cricket at the end of the Fifth Test match to concentrate on business; R.Benaud had also signified that he would not be touring again and A.K.Davidson had announced he would retire at the end of the series. Benaud won the toss in the Adelaide Test and Australia lost R.B.Simpson and W.M.Lawry for sixteen. With the score at 21 Harvey was dropped off consecutive balls from Illingworth, at slip and backward short-leg, and when he reached 26 he was dropped again at slip off Dexter. After these let-offs he made an excellent 154 in 326 minutes with a five and eighteen fours 40