Ray Harvey

Played 1941-42 – 1960-61

🦁 Club Legend · 2013🏛️ Hall of Fame · 2013

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1953-54)State Representative

Career totals

Career

247

Games

Seasons

1941-42 – 1960-61

Played

Batting

290

Innings

Not outs

9,146

Runs

205

High score

36.29

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

217

Wickets

6/43

Best bowling

20.98

Average

5-fors

4,554

Overs

Fielding

183

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1941-42 to 1960-61 · 239 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1943: 30 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne in 1948: 2 and 1/22 v Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1941-42	7	93	36	15.50	8	7	5/49	5
1942-43	13	233	65*	21.18	5	0	0/20	1
1943-44	22	662	98	34.84	40.5	17	3/35	6
1944-45	12	337	73	25.92	64.6	13	6/64	8
1945-46	11	309	67	28.09	34.6	10	6/43	4
1946-47	12	609	151*	55.36	48.1	11	5/31	10
1947-48	9	356	107*	44.50	48.4	13	3/36	9
1948-49	12	186	53	15.50	95	20	6/60	11
1949-50	13	695	205*	57.92	92.2	16	5/72	10
1950-51	15	803	145*	61.77	72.4	8	3/41	18
1951-52	9	403	85	31.00	52.1	11	5/22	10
1952-53	10	329	72	29.91	4	0	0/20	5
1953-54	10	387	137*	38.70	1	0	0/5	12
1954-55	11	390	85	26.00	26	5	3/29	3
1955-56	14	485	100*	34.64	78	29	5/23	17
1956-57	15	627	127	39.19	42	4	2/25	5
1957-58	14	641	161*	42.73	13	8	4/104	11
1958-59	10	275	108	22.92	51.2	9	3/11	4
1959-60	10	481	115*	43.73	17	3	2/17	6
1960-61	10	386	94	35.09	67.7	24	5/17	5
Career	239	8,687	205*	35.60		208	6/43	160

Every scorecard · 239

1941-42	v Coburg	6	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Northcote	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v St Kilda	0 & 32	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Essendon	18	5/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Richmond	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v St Kilda	12	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Northcote	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Preston	20 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v South Melbourne	21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v University	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Essendon	23	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v University	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Prahran	5 & 65*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Richmond	98	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Essendon	42	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v St Kilda	13	1/4 & 1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	9	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	70	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Brunswick	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	4	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	12	2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	38	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	30	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	dnb	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Yarraville (Sub-District)	20	3/35 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	45	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Prahran	66	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	76*	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	0	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	29	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	64	1/31 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Preston	36 & 1	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Carlton	73	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Collingwood	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Northcote	6 & 37	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Melbourne	55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v St Kilda	20	0/19 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v South Melbourne	8	6/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Essendon	2	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v University	dnb	0/10 & 0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Prahran	19	3/44 & 1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v North Melbourne	9	0/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Collingwood	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Brunswick	2	0/20 & 6/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Richmond	41 & 1*	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Northcote	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v St Kilda	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Essendon	6	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Prahran	42*	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v South Melbourne	14 & 8	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v North Melbourne	67	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v University	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	26	5/73	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	3	5/31 & 0/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	11	1/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Prahran	119	0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v North Melbourne	56	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Essendon	145	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Carlton	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	151*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	0	2/30 & 0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Melbourne	0	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	87	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v North Melbourne	89	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v University	29	2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Prahran	107*	3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Collingwood	0 & 31*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Coburg	3	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v St Kilda	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Collingwood	50	3/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Melbourne	2	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v University	11 & 10*	5/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v South Melbourne	53	1/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Richmond	6	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Prahran	2	2/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Carlton	5	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Northcote	4	6/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Essendon	5	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	14	2/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v St Kilda	60	1/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Prahran	47*	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Essendon	1 & 46	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Melbourne	0 & 4	1/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Footscray	55	3/83	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v South Melbourne	46	2/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Richmond	0 & 25*	0/12 & 2/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v University	205*	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Collingwood	28	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Carlton	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Northcote	126	5/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	101*	0/9 & 0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Northcote	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Carlton	71*	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Prahran	0	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Richmond	100	1/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v South Melbourne	145*	2/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v North Melbourne	11	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v University	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Footscray	67	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Melbourne	55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Collingwood	16	1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v St Kilda	64	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	0 & 114	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	3/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v North Melbourne	14 & 22	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v University	7	4/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	85	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Richmond	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Northcote	20 & 12*	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7 & 77	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Essendon	26	0/16 & 0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	20 & 4	5/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	22 & 37	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Northcote	68*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Collingwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v North Melbourne	35 & 43*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v South Melbourne	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v University	15 & 8	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Essendon	1 & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Melbourne	28 & 19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	17 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Footscray	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Northcote	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v North Melbourne	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Richmond	137* & 26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	30 & 1	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	39 & 36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Footscray	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Northcote	85	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Collingwood	45 & 17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v North Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v South Melbourne	9	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v University	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Carlton	5 & 40	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Richmond	10	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Melbourne	7 & 45	0/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v St Kilda	16 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 30	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	31 & 24*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	9 & 15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	41	5/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Essendon	7	3/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	100*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Richmond	17	3/6 & 5/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Melbourne	36	3/15 & 3/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v St Kilda	21	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7 & 20*	4/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	39	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Northcote	65	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	5 & 28	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Footscray	80*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Northcote	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Collingwood	12 & 5	2/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Prahran	dnb	0/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v North Melbourne	25 & 45	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v South Melbourne	24	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Essendon	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v University	30	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	27 & 13*	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Richmond	12 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Melbourne	127	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	11 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	28	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	24 & 11	0/9 & 0/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Northcote	30	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Collingwood	18	3/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Prahran	44	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v North Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v South Melbourne	7	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v University	161*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Essendon	46 & 26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	38	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Richmond	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Melbourne	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v St Kilda	15 & 48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	59* & 44	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Footscray	7 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	1	4/104	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Footscray	48	3/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Northcote	5	2/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Collingwood	108	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Prahran	3	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v North Melbourne	7	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v South Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v University	10 & 9	2/8 & 2/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Essendon	67	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v St Kilda	0	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3 & 7	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v University	8	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Essendon	115*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Carlton	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Melbourne	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v St Kilda	32 & 71*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Footscray	29 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Northcote	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v North Melbourne	108	2/17 & 0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v South Melbourne	0 & 5	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	37	1/9 & 1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Footscray	60	3/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Prahran	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	15 & 30	2/7 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v South Melbourne	16	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Carlton	12	1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Richmond	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Melbourne	94	5/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	54	3/13 & 1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	0	4/32 & 3/54	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Coburg, 1941-42
First fifty65*v Prahran, 1942-43
First hundred119v Prahran, 1946-47
First five-for5/49v Essendon, 1941-42
Highest score205*v University, 1949-50
Best bowling6/43v Brunswick, 1945-46
Last matchMatch 239v St Kilda, 1960-61

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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Melbourne University	21	815	205*	40.75	2	2	23	17.52	5/26	2
Greenvale Kanagaroos	21	814	108	35.39	4	1	15	34.40	3/13
Kingston Hawthorn	21	649	151*	29.50	3	1	13	25.00	4/35
Northcote	20	721	126	37.95	4	1	18	20.11	6/60	2
Melbourne	19	731	127	34.81	4	1	20	14.95	5/17	1
St Kilda	19	583	72	25.35	4		21	18.10	5/22	2
Prahran	18	680	119	52.31	2	2	10	37.00	3/36
Casey South Melbourne	18	527	145*	26.35	2	1	22	20.18	6/64	2
Essendon	17	823	145	45.72	1	4	11	24.73	5/49	1
Richmond	16	748	137*	49.87	4	2	15	15.20	5/23	1
Carlton	16	613	100*	38.31	3	1	8	40.75	4/104
Camberwell Magpies	16	424	108	28.27	1	1	9	16.67	3/31
Footscray	10	434	80*	39.45	4		10	16.50	3/9
Preston	2	62	36	20.67			1	21.00	1/21
Brunswick	2	34	32	17.00			6	10.50	6/43	1
Coburg	2	9	6	4.50			3	17.00	2/18
Yarraville (Sub-District)	1	20	20	20.00			3	12.67	3/35

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	28	4	959	108	39.96	6	2	2
2	26	0	579	87	22.27	3
3	107	12	3,736	205*	39.33	15	8	5
4	89	12	2,919	151*	37.91	13	7	8
5	18	3	314	60	20.93	1		1
6	7	3	172	45	43.00
7	4	2	7	6	3.50			1
10	2	1	1	1*	1.00			1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	161	16	5,274	205*	36.37	24	10	7
Middle order (4–7)	118	20	3,412	151*	34.82	14	7	10
Lower order (8–11)	2	1	1	1*	1.00			1

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks18
1–969
10–1944
20–2943
30–4951
50–9938
100+17

Turned 17 of 55 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 18.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 73 times.

Dismissals

Caught122 · 51%
Bowled50 · 21%
LBW36 · 15%
Caught & bowled15 · 6%
Run out9 · 4%
Stumped9 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Fairbairn (6), Pearce (6), Smith (6), Dudley (5), Holloway (5).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	156	24	6,039	205*	45.75	29	14	5
In losses	114	10	2,195	119	21.11	7	2	12
In draws	10	3	444	151*	63.43	2	1	1
In ties	1	0	9	9	9.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	70	132	17.55	1.9
In losses	60	73	27.53	1.2
In draws	4	3	29.00	0.8

Scored 50+: the side won 43 of 55 (78%), lost 9.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 10 of 12 (83%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 85 of 174 (49%), lost 78.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	119	11	3,969	151*	36.75	18	9	9
Batting second	111	7	3,442	205*	33.10	17	7	9
Second innings of the match	51	19	1,276	114	39.88	3	1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	62	8	1,944	161*	36.00	4	5	2
Otherwise	219	29	6,743	205*	35.49	34	12	16

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	118	141	4,370	205*	35.24	98	20.49	6/43
Albert Ground	13	15	499	127	35.64	18	17.06	5/17
University Oval	11	12	418	161*	46.44	13	14.92	5/26
St Kilda Cricket Ground	10	14	346	71*	28.83	8	11.75	5/22
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	10	12	453	108	41.18	10	27.80	3/13
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	10	11	435	126	54.38	8	21.13	5/72
Glenferrie Oval	10	11	144	37	13.09	4	44.25	2/57
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	9	11	275	72	25.00	11	20.18	6/64
Carlton Cricket Ground	9	11	288	73	32.00	8	26.00	4/104
Toorak Park	9	8	317	119	63.40	5	46.20	3/44
Richmond Cricket Ground	8	10	374	137*	53.43	10	12.50	5/23
Essendon Cricket Ground	7	7	359	145	59.83	1	92.00	1/22
Western Oval	6	8	254	80*	36.29	3	39.00	3/83
Victoria Park	6	6	82	28	13.67	5	14.60	3/31
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	53	45	17.67	3	26.67	3/41
Yarraville Oval	1	1	20	20	20.00	3	12.67	3/35

Wickets taken

Caught82 · 42%
Stumped37 · 19%
LBW31 · 16%
Bowled27 · 14%
Caught & bowled20 · 10%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)44 · 22%
Middle order (4–7)86 · 44%
Lower order (8–11)67 · 34%

12 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 8/29 v Richmond, 1955-56. 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 1941-42 to 1960-61: 1st of 91 for runs, 9th of 66 for wickets, 2nd of 96 for matches, 1st of 23 for hundreds, 2nd of 84 for catches, 3rd of 52 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 1st of 321 for runs, 12th of 172 for wickets, 2nd of 345 for matches, 1st of 50 for hundreds, 3rd of 279 for catches, 7th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

PJ Dickson2005-06 to 2019-20 · 245 m · 8,848 runs · 181 wkts
LJ Watts1981-82 to 1999-00 · 253 m · 6,883 runs · 155 wkts
LR Mash1999-00 to 2017-18 · 233 m · 7,363 runs · 3 wkts
BA Joyce1989-90 to 2003-04 · 216 m · 7,414 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 47 matches (1956-57 to 1959-60): won 28, lost 17, drawn 2.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1943-44: 1st XI Batting · 1949-50: 1st XI Batting · 1950-51: 1st XI Batting · 1953-54: premiership, 1st XI Batting · 1955-56: 1st XI Bowling · 1956-57: 1st XI Batting · 1958-59: 1st XI Batting · 1960-61: premiership, 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Ray Harvey's best season with the bat was 1950-51: 803 runs from 16 innings at 61.77. The best ten-innings patch came in 1949-50 to 1950-51: 643 runs at 107.17. The leanest, 1958-59 to 1959-60: 122 runs at 12.20.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/49	7 Mar 1942	v Essendon, 1941-42
First fifty65*	30 Jan 1943	v Prahran, 1942-43
1,000th run64 took him to 1,052	7 Oct 1944	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1944-45
50th match8, 6/64	20 Jan 1945	v South Melbourne, 1944-45
50th wicket5/73 took him to 52	5 Oct 1946	v South Melbourne, 1946-47
First hundred119	11 Jan 1947	v Prahran, 1946-47
2,000th run145 took him to 2,036	27 Jan 1947	v Essendon, 1946-47
100th matchdid not bat	15 Oct 1949	v North Melbourne, 1949-50
3,000th run46 took him to 3,044	10 Dec 1949	v South Melbourne, 1949-50
100th wicket2/55 took him to 100	10 Dec 1949	v South Melbourne, 1949-50
4,000th run67 took him to 4,033	3 Feb 1951	v Footscray, 1950-51
5,000th run17 took him to 5,015	21 Mar 1953	v Prahran, 1952-53
150th match25	5 Dec 1953	v North Melbourne, 1953-54
6,000th run100* took him to 6,039	17 Dec 1955	v Carlton, 1955-56
150th wicket3/15 took him to 150	21 Jan 1956	v Melbourne, 1955-56
7,000th run35 took him to 7,031	5 Nov 1957	v North Melbourne, 1957-58
200th match7, 0/28	16 Nov 1957	v South Melbourne, 1957-58
8,000th run49 took him to 8,020	14 Nov 1959	v Melbourne, 1959-60
200th wicket3/13 took him to 200	18 Mar 1961	v North Melbourne, 1960-61

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 5 innings: from v Prahran, 1946-47 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1946-47 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 56 matches: from v Carlton, 1954-55 to v Essendon, 1958-59 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches: from v Prahran, 1949-50 to v Richmond, 1949-50 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in: from v University, 1956-57 to v Northcote, 1957-58 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Richmond, 1948-49 to v Essendon, 1948-49 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
205*	v University, 1949-50	Won
161*	v University, 1957-58	Won
151*	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1946-47	Drawn
145*	v South Melbourne, 1950-51	Won
145	v Essendon, 1946-47	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
6/43	v Brunswick, 1945-46	Lost
6/60	v Northcote, 1948-49	Won
6/64	v South Melbourne, 1944-45	Lost
5/17	v Melbourne, 1960-61	Won
5/22	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Won, Semi-final

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 20 seasons: at 4th in 9, at 3rd in 8, opened in 3.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1941-42	4	7	15.50
1942-43	3	14	21.18
1943-44	1	20	34.84
1944-45	3	13	25.92
1945-46	3	13	28.09
1946-47	2	12	55.36
1947-48	4	10	44.50
1948-49	4	13	15.50
1949-50	3	15	57.92
1950-51	4	16	61.77
1951-52	4	14	31.00
1952-53	4	14	29.91
1953-54	4	13	38.70
1954-55	4	16	26.00
1955-56	3	17	34.64
1956-57	3	20	39.19
1957-58	3	18	42.73
1958-59	3	12	22.92
1959-60	1	13	43.73
1960-61	4	11	35.09

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	118	141	17	4,370	205*	35.24	98	20.49
Away	121	140	20	4,317	161*	35.98	110	21.86

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	217	259	34	7,971	205*	35.43	201	20.82
Weekday	22	22	3	716	145	37.68	7	32.57

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	46	49	8	1,551	115*	37.83	42	18.17
Nov	50	55	6	1,589	161*	32.43	31	22.65
Dec	21	27	3	777	100*	32.38	19	22.37
Jan	51	56	9	1,896	205*	40.34	44	19.41
Feb	36	47	8	1,655	151*	42.44	27	26.22
Mar	33	44	3	1,160	126	28.29	37	22.84
Other	2	3	0	59	37	19.67	8	14.50

Finals

13Finals played

516Runs · avg 27.16

24Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	226	260	35	8,171	205*	36.32	184	21.49
Finals	13	21	2	516	114	27.16	24	19.13

Favourite victims

KS Jeffreys × 3
RB Evans × 3
CM Sindrey × 2
DD Holten × 2
DJA Fitzmaurice × 2
DMJ Fitzmaurice × 2
EAD Kerr × 2
EHG Vernon × 2

The card names his victims in 77 of 83 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1941-42	7	5
1942-43	13	3
1943-44	22	6
1944-45	12	8
1945-46	11	4
1946-47	12	10
1947-48	9	9
1948-49	12	11
1949-50	13	10
1950-51	15	18
1951-52	9	10
1952-53	10	5
1953-54	10	12
1954-55	11	3
1955-56	14	17
1956-57	15	12
1957-58	14	19
1958-59	10	4
1959-60	10	6
1960-61	10	5

Caught most off

BT Considine × 31
K Peters × 24
C Adams × 22
Ray Harvey × 21
HAE Shillinglaw × 17
RHW Liddicut × 13

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.

Ray Harvey

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