Neil Harvey

Neil Harvey
Harvey in 1950
Personal information
Full nameRobert Neil Harvey
Born (1928-10-08) 8 October 1928 (age 96)
Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
NicknameNinna
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin
RoleTop-order batsman
Relations
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 178)23 January 1948 v India
Last Test15 February 1963 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1946/47–1956/57Victoria
1958/59–1962/63New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class
Matches 79 306
Runs scored 6,149 21,699
Batting average 48.41 50.93
100s/50s 21/24 67/94
Top score 205 231*
Balls bowled 414 2,574
Wickets 3 30
Bowling average 40.00 36.86
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/8 4/8
Catches/stumpings 64/0 229/0
Source: CricketArchive, 29 February 2008

Robert Neil Harvey OAM MBE (born 8 October 1928) is an Australian former cricketer. He played for the Australian cricket team between 1948 and 1963. He played in 79 Test matches for his country. He was the vice-captain of the team from 1957 until his retirement. He was a left-handed batsman, a fielder and sometimes an off-spin bowler. Harvey was the youngest member of the 1948 Invincibles of Don Bradman to tour England.[1] This squad is regarded as one of the finest teams in history. He was the senior batsman in the Australian team for much of the 1950s. Harvey has been was named by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as the finest fielder of his era.

Harvey was born in Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. He is one of six cricketing brothers. Neil and brothers Merv, Mick and Ray would go on to play for Victoria. During the 1949–50 tour of South Africa, Harvey met Iris Greenish. The couple later married and had three children.

References

  1. "Neil Harvey: One of the greatest left-handed batsmen of all time". Cricmash. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2020.

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