Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Neil Harvey

Played 1943-44 – 1956-57

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Career totals

Career

104

Games

Seasons

1943-44 – 1956-57

Played

Batting

117

Innings

Not outs

4,044

Runs

254

High score

37.10

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

45.00

Average

36.7 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1943-44 to 1956-57 · 104 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1955: 64 v Prahran in 1943: 0 and 0/0 v St Kilda

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1943-44	21	154	50	11.85	4	1	1/17	11
1944-45	12	532	100	40.92	2	0	0/18	3
1945-46	12	432	109	30.86	–	–	–	3
1946-47	10	428	114*	42.80	–	–	–	2
1947-48	4	167	68	33.40	–	–	–	2
1948-49	7	264	82	37.71	3.3	0	0/0	3
1950-51	8	436	95	48.44	3	0	0/7	3
1951-52	6	575	254	57.50	14	1	1/38	2
1952-53	4	195	105	48.75	5.4	1	1/0	1
1953-54	8	286	130	31.78	3	0	0/10	3
1954-55	2	41	22*	20.50	–	–	–
1955-56	8	438	91	54.75	2	0	0/6	2
1956-57	2	36	21	12.00	–	–	–	1
Career	104	3,984	254	37.23		3	1/0	36

Every scorecard · 104

1943-44	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Essendon	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v St Kilda	0	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	1 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Yarraville (Sub-District)	4	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	3	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Preston	28 & 31*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Carlton	73	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Collingwood	71	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Northcote	0 & 52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v St Kilda	73	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v South Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Essendon	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v University	100	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Prahran	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v North Melbourne	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Collingwood	109	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Brunswick	8 & 12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Richmond	17 & 29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Northcote	39	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v St Kilda	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Essendon	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Prahran	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v South Melbourne	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v North Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v University	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	114*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	6 & 4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	113	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v North Melbourne	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v University	15 & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v North Melbourne	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Collingwood	6 & 68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Footscray	9	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v University	82	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v North Melbourne	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v South Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Richmond	38	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Essendon	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	59	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	91	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Melbourne	95	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Collingwood	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v St Kilda	74	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	27 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v North Melbourne	6 & 10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v University	33 & 22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Essendon	10	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	254 & 126	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	76 & 21	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Northcote	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Collingwood	76	1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	dnb	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Melbourne	0 & 105	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Northcote	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Collingwood	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v North Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v St Kilda	130	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	9 & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Footscray	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Collingwood	13 & 22*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	91 & 49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	30 & 42*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	83	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Northcote	26	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v North Melbourne	14 & 21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1943-44
First fifty50v Carlton, 1943-44
First hundred100v University, 1944-45
Highest score254v St Kilda, 1951-52
Best bowling1/0v Collingwood, 1952-53
Last matchMatch 104v South Melbourne, 1956-57

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Sort by


Camberwell Magpies	11	529	109	52.90	5	1	1	0.00	1/0
Greenvale Kanagaroos	11	358	91	25.57	2		1	17.00	1/17
Melbourne University	10	435	100	39.55	3	1	–	–	–
Northcote	10	276	60	27.60	3		0	–	0/6
Melbourne	9	478	113	47.80	2	2	0	–	0/12
Casey South Melbourne	8	245	114*	35.00		1	–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	8	200	91	28.57	1		–	–	–
St Kilda	7	739	254	92.38	3	3	1	48.00	1/38
Essendon	7	178	59	22.25	1		0	–	0/7
Prahran	7	134	64	22.33	1		0	–	0/7
Carlton	6	147	73	29.40	2		0	–	0/18
Richmond	4	136	52	34.00	1		0	–	0/0
Footscray	3	46	31	15.33			0	–	0/6
Preston	1	59	31*	59.00			–	–	–
Brunswick	1	20	12	10.00			–	–	–
Yarraville (Sub-District)	1	4	4	4.00			0	–	0/6

Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	2	0	126	105	63.00		1
2	9	3	239	74	39.83	2
3	55	1	2,138	254	39.59	16	3	4
4	28	1	1,154	130	42.74	4	4	1
5	6	0	99	54	16.50	1
6	7	1	135	52	22.50	1		1
7	3	0	65	28	21.67
8	3	1	17	10*	8.50
9	2	1	11	7	11.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	66	4	2,503	254	40.37	18	4	4
Middle order (4–7)	44	2	1,453	130	34.60	6	4	2
Lower order (8–11)	5	2	28	10*	9.33

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks6
1–928
10–1921
20–2915
30–4913
50–9924
100+8

Turned 8 of 32 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 19.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 33 times.

Dismissals

Caught57 · 54%
Bowled20 · 19%
LBW15 · 14%
Caught & bowled6 · 6%
Stumped6 · 6%
Run out1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Hill (6), Jacks (5), Holloway (4), Dempster (3), Healy (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	60	6	2,597	254	48.09	15	7	3
In losses	51	2	1,216	91	24.82	8		3
In draws	4	0	171	109	42.75	1	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	6	2	34.50	0.3
In losses	7	1	59.00	0.1
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 21 of 31 (68%), lost 8.
Every other match: the side won 31 of 73 (42%), lost 38.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	48	3	1,769	254	39.31	12	3	3
Batting second	48	0	1,557	130	32.44	10	3	3
Second innings of the match	19	5	658	126	47.00	2	2

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	8	1	407	91	58.14	3
Otherwise	107	7	3,577	254	35.77	21	8	6

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	54	60	1,695	114*	32.60	2	18.50	1/0
Albert Ground	7	8	374	113	46.75	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	9	213	91	23.67	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	6	586	254	97.67	1	48.00	1/38
University Oval	5	6	214	83	35.67	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	4	80	39	20.00	–	–	–
Victoria Park	4	3	172	109	57.33	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	109	76	27.25	–	–	0/12
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	3	118	59	39.33	–	–	0/7
Glenferrie Oval	3	2	93	91	46.50	–	–	–
Toorak Park	3	2	40	29	20.00	–	–	0/7
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	3	84	38	28.00	–	–	0/0
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	2	123	73	61.50	–	–	0/18
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	48	48	48.00	–	–	–
Western Oval	1	1	31	31	31.00	–	–	–
Yarraville Oval	1	1	4	4	4.00	–	–	0/6

Wickets taken

Bowled1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Middle order (4–7)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/0 v Collingwood, 1952-53. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1943-44 to 1956-57: 5th of 69 for runs, 41st of 52 for wickets, 16th of 71 for matches, 3rd of 20 for hundreds, 20th of 65 for catches, 2nd of 42 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 8th of 321 for runs, 124th of 172 for wickets, 29th of 345 for matches, 4th of 50 for hundreds, 42nd of 279 for catches, 4th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

J Potter1954-55 to 1967-68 · 96 m · 3,609 runs · 21 wkts
DR Plumpton1996-97 to 2003-04 · 125 m · 4,290 runs · 38 wkts
RW Furlong1955-56 to 1968-69 · 133 m · 4,539 runs · 0 wkts
JW Scaife1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 m · 3,907 runs · 2 wkts

The careers nearest Harvey’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

As captain

Led the side in 6 matches (1955-56): won 4, lost 2, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1943-44: 1st XI Batting · 1949-50: 1st XI Batting · 1950-51: 1st XI Batting · 1951-52: 1st XI Batting · 1953-54: premiership, 1st XI Batting · 1955-56: 1st XI Batting, 1st XI Bowling · 1956-57: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Neil Harvey's best season with the bat was 1951-52: 575 runs from 10 innings at 57.50. The best ten-innings patch came in 1951-52 to 1953-54: 782 runs at 78.20. The leanest, 1943-44: 55 runs at 7.86.

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty50	18 Mar 1944	v Carlton, 1943-44
First hundred100	3 Feb 1945	v University, 1944-45
1,000th run9 took him to 1,000	26 Jan 1946	v Essendon, 1945-46
50th match113	30 Nov 1946	v Melbourne, 1946-47
2,000th run59 took him to 2,036	7 Oct 1950	v Essendon, 1950-51
3,000th run14 took him to 3,002	18 Oct 1952	v Northcote, 1952-53
100th match22	17 Dec 1955	v Carlton, 1955-56

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings: from v Carlton, 1943-44 to v Collingwood, 1944-45 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 43 matches: from v University, 1943-44 to v Collingwood, 1946-47 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v Carlton, 1944-45 to v Essendon, 1951-52 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Yarraville (Sub-District), 1943-44 to v North Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
254	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Won, Semi-final
130	v St Kilda, 1953-54	Won
126	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Won, Semi-final
114*	v South Melbourne, 1946-47	Won
113	v Melbourne, 1946-47	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/0	v Collingwood, 1952-53	Won
1/17	v North Melbourne, 1943-44	Lost
1/38	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Won, Semi-final

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 13 seasons: at 3rd in 8, at 4th in 4, opened in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1943-44	4	16	11.85
1944-45	4	14	40.92
1945-46	4	14	30.86
1946-47	3	12	42.80
1947-48	3	5	33.40
1948-49	3	7	37.71
1950-51	3	9	48.44
1951-52	3	10	57.50
1952-53	3	4	48.75
1953-54	3	9	31.78
1954-55	2	3	20.50
1955-56	3	9	54.75
1956-57	4	3	12.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	54	60	8	1,695	114*	32.60	2	18.50
Away	50	55	0	2,289	254	41.62	1	98.00

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	96	108	8	3,813	254	38.13	3	40.67
Weekday	8	7	0	171	54	24.43

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	23	27	4	907	114*	39.43
Nov	24	27	2	938	113	37.52	1	31.00
Dec	11	13	1	278	68	23.17
Jan	14	11	1	321	73	32.10
Feb	15	15	0	512	105	34.13
Mar	16	20	0	931	254	46.55	2	39.50
Other	1	2	0	97	76	48.50

Finals

6Finals played

583Runs · avg 58.30

1Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	98	105	8	3,401	130	35.06	2	42.50
Finals	6	10	0	583	254	58.30	1	50.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1943-44	21	11
1944-45	12	3
1945-46	12	3
1946-47	10	2
1947-48	4	2
1948-49	7	3
1950-51	8	3
1951-52	6	2
1952-53	4	1
1953-54	8	3
1954-55	2
1955-56	8	2
1956-57	2	1

Caught most off

BT Considine × 6
Ray Harvey × 4
E Moore × 3
K Peters × 3
AD Woodford × 2
AEO Barras × 2

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.

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Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Neil Harvey

Played 1943-44 – 1956-57

🦁 Club Legend · 2015🏛️ Hall of Fame · 2013

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Career totals

Career

104

Games

Seasons

1943-44 – 1956-57

Played

Batting

117

Innings

Not outs

4,044

Runs

254

High score

37.10

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

45.00

Average

36.7 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1943-44 to 1956-57 · 104 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1955: 64 v Prahran in 1943: 0 and 0/0 v St Kilda

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1943-44	21	154	50	11.85	4	1	1/17	11
1944-45	12	532	100	40.92	2	0	0/18	3
1945-46	12	432	109	30.86	–	–	–	3
1946-47	10	428	114*	42.80	–	–	–	2
1947-48	4	167	68	33.40	–	–	–	2
1948-49	7	264	82	37.71	3.3	0	0/0	3
1950-51	8	436	95	48.44	3	0	0/7	3
1951-52	6	575	254	57.50	14	1	1/38	2
1952-53	4	195	105	48.75	5.4	1	1/0	1
1953-54	8	286	130	31.78	3	0	0/10	3
1954-55	2	41	22*	20.50	–	–	–
1955-56	8	438	91	54.75	2	0	0/6	2
1956-57	2	36	21	12.00	–	–	–	1
Career	104	3,984	254	37.23		3	1/0	36

Every scorecard · 104

1943-44	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Essendon	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v St Kilda	0	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	1 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Yarraville (Sub-District)	4	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	3	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Preston	28 & 31*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Carlton	73	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Collingwood	71	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Northcote	0 & 52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v St Kilda	73	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v South Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Essendon	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v University	100	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Prahran	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v North Melbourne	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Collingwood	109	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Brunswick	8 & 12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Richmond	17 & 29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Northcote	39	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v St Kilda	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Essendon	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Prahran	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v South Melbourne	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v North Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v University	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	114*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	6 & 4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	113	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v North Melbourne	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v University	15 & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v North Melbourne	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Collingwood	6 & 68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Footscray	9	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v University	82	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v North Melbourne	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v South Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Richmond	38	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Essendon	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	59	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	91	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Melbourne	95	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Collingwood	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v St Kilda	74	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	27 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v North Melbourne	6 & 10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v University	33 & 22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Essendon	10	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	254 & 126	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	76 & 21	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Northcote	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Collingwood	76	1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	dnb	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Melbourne	0 & 105	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Northcote	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Collingwood	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v North Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v St Kilda	130	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	9 & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Footscray	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Collingwood	13 & 22*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	91 & 49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	30 & 42*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	83	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Northcote	26	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v North Melbourne	14 & 21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1943-44
First fifty50v Carlton, 1943-44
First hundred100v University, 1944-45
Highest score254v St Kilda, 1951-52
Best bowling1/0v Collingwood, 1952-53
Last matchMatch 104v South Melbourne, 1956-57

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

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Camberwell Magpies	11	529	109	52.90	5	1	1	0.00	1/0
Greenvale Kanagaroos	11	358	91	25.57	2		1	17.00	1/17
Melbourne University	10	435	100	39.55	3	1	–	–	–
Northcote	10	276	60	27.60	3		0	–	0/6
Melbourne	9	478	113	47.80	2	2	0	–	0/12
Casey South Melbourne	8	245	114*	35.00		1	–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	8	200	91	28.57	1		–	–	–
St Kilda	7	739	254	92.38	3	3	1	48.00	1/38
Essendon	7	178	59	22.25	1		0	–	0/7
Prahran	7	134	64	22.33	1		0	–	0/7
Carlton	6	147	73	29.40	2		0	–	0/18
Richmond	4	136	52	34.00	1		0	–	0/0
Footscray	3	46	31	15.33			0	–	0/6
Preston	1	59	31*	59.00			–	–	–
Brunswick	1	20	12	10.00			–	–	–
Yarraville (Sub-District)	1	4	4	4.00			0	–	0/6

Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	2	0	126	105	63.00		1
2	9	3	239	74	39.83	2
3	55	1	2,138	254	39.59	16	3	4
4	28	1	1,154	130	42.74	4	4	1
5	6	0	99	54	16.50	1
6	7	1	135	52	22.50	1		1
7	3	0	65	28	21.67
8	3	1	17	10*	8.50
9	2	1	11	7	11.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	66	4	2,503	254	40.37	18	4	4
Middle order (4–7)	44	2	1,453	130	34.60	6	4	2
Lower order (8–11)	5	2	28	10*	9.33

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks6
1–928
10–1921
20–2915
30–4913
50–9924
100+8

Turned 8 of 32 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 19.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 33 times.

Dismissals

Caught57 · 54%
Bowled20 · 19%
LBW15 · 14%
Caught & bowled6 · 6%
Stumped6 · 6%
Run out1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Hill (6), Jacks (5), Holloway (4), Dempster (3), Healy (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	60	6	2,597	254	48.09	15	7	3
In losses	51	2	1,216	91	24.82	8		3
In draws	4	0	171	109	42.75	1	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	6	2	34.50	0.3
In losses	7	1	59.00	0.1
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 21 of 31 (68%), lost 8.
Every other match: the side won 31 of 73 (42%), lost 38.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	48	3	1,769	254	39.31	12	3	3
Batting second	48	0	1,557	130	32.44	10	3	3
Second innings of the match	19	5	658	126	47.00	2	2

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	8	1	407	91	58.14	3
Otherwise	107	7	3,577	254	35.77	21	8	6

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	54	60	1,695	114*	32.60	2	18.50	1/0
Albert Ground	7	8	374	113	46.75	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	9	213	91	23.67	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	6	586	254	97.67	1	48.00	1/38
University Oval	5	6	214	83	35.67	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	4	80	39	20.00	–	–	–
Victoria Park	4	3	172	109	57.33	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	109	76	27.25	–	–	0/12
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	3	118	59	39.33	–	–	0/7
Glenferrie Oval	3	2	93	91	46.50	–	–	–
Toorak Park	3	2	40	29	20.00	–	–	0/7
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	3	84	38	28.00	–	–	0/0
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	2	123	73	61.50	–	–	0/18
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	48	48	48.00	–	–	–
Western Oval	1	1	31	31	31.00	–	–	–
Yarraville Oval	1	1	4	4	4.00	–	–	0/6

Wickets taken

Bowled1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Middle order (4–7)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/0 v Collingwood, 1952-53. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1943-44 to 1956-57: 5th of 69 for runs, 41st of 52 for wickets, 16th of 71 for matches, 3rd of 20 for hundreds, 20th of 65 for catches, 2nd of 42 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 8th of 321 for runs, 124th of 172 for wickets, 29th of 345 for matches, 4th of 50 for hundreds, 42nd of 279 for catches, 4th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

J Potter1954-55 to 1967-68 · 96 m · 3,609 runs · 21 wkts
DR Plumpton1996-97 to 2003-04 · 125 m · 4,290 runs · 38 wkts
RW Furlong1955-56 to 1968-69 · 133 m · 4,539 runs · 0 wkts
JW Scaife1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 m · 3,907 runs · 2 wkts

The careers nearest Harvey’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

As captain

Led the side in 6 matches (1955-56): won 4, lost 2, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

The arc

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty50	18 Mar 1944	v Carlton, 1943-44
First hundred100	3 Feb 1945	v University, 1944-45
1,000th run9 took him to 1,000	26 Jan 1946	v Essendon, 1945-46
50th match113	30 Nov 1946	v Melbourne, 1946-47
2,000th run59 took him to 2,036	7 Oct 1950	v Essendon, 1950-51
3,000th run14 took him to 3,002	18 Oct 1952	v Northcote, 1952-53
100th match22	17 Dec 1955	v Carlton, 1955-56

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings: from v Carlton, 1943-44 to v Collingwood, 1944-45 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 43 matches: from v University, 1943-44 to v Collingwood, 1946-47 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v Carlton, 1944-45 to v Essendon, 1951-52 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Yarraville (Sub-District), 1943-44 to v North Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
254	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Won, Semi-final
130	v St Kilda, 1953-54	Won
126	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Won, Semi-final
114*	v South Melbourne, 1946-47	Won
113	v Melbourne, 1946-47	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/0	v Collingwood, 1952-53	Won
1/17	v North Melbourne, 1943-44	Lost
1/38	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Won, Semi-final

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 13 seasons: at 3rd in 8, at 4th in 4, opened in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1943-44	4	16	11.85
1944-45	4	14	40.92
1945-46	4	14	30.86
1946-47	3	12	42.80
1947-48	3	5	33.40
1948-49	3	7	37.71
1950-51	3	9	48.44
1951-52	3	10	57.50
1952-53	3	4	48.75
1953-54	3	9	31.78
1954-55	2	3	20.50
1955-56	3	9	54.75
1956-57	4	3	12.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	54	60	8	1,695	114*	32.60	2	18.50
Away	50	55	0	2,289	254	41.62	1	98.00

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	96	108	8	3,813	254	38.13	3	40.67
Weekday	8	7	0	171	54	24.43

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	23	27	4	907	114*	39.43
Nov	24	27	2	938	113	37.52	1	31.00
Dec	11	13	1	278	68	23.17
Jan	14	11	1	321	73	32.10
Feb	15	15	0	512	105	34.13
Mar	16	20	0	931	254	46.55	2	39.50
Other	1	2	0	97	76	48.50

Finals

6Finals played

583Runs · avg 58.30

1Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	98	105	8	3,401	130	35.06	2	42.50
Finals	6	10	0	583	254	58.30	1	50.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1943-44	21	11
1944-45	12	3
1945-46	12	3
1946-47	10	2
1947-48	4	2
1948-49	7	3
1950-51	8	3
1951-52	6	2
1952-53	4	1
1953-54	8	3
1954-55	2
1955-56	8	2
1956-57	2	1

Caught most off

BT Considine × 6
Ray Harvey × 4
E Moore × 3
K Peters × 3
AD Woodford × 2
AEO Barras × 2

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.