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Neil Harvey

Played 1943-44 – 1956-57

🦁 Club Legend · 2015🏛️ Hall of Fame · 2013

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1953-54)Victoria RepresentativeNational Representative

Career totals

Career

104

Games

14

Seasons

1943-44 – 1956-57

Played

Batting

117

Innings

8

Not outs

4,044

Runs

254

High score

37.10

Average

24

50s

8

100s

Bowling

3

Wickets

1/0

Best bowling

45.00

Average

36.7 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

34

Catches

From the record books

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

On this dayin 1943: 7 and 1 ct v Hawthorn-East Melbourne in 1948: 26 v Melbourne

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1943-44211545011.85411/1711
1944-451253210040.92200/183
1945-461243210930.86–––3
1946-4710428114*42.80–––2
1947-4841676833.40–––2
1948-4972648237.713.300/03
1950-5184369548.44300/73
1951-52657525457.501411/382
1952-53419510548.755.411/01
1953-54828613031.78300/103
1954-5524122*20.50–––
1955-5684389154.75200/62
1956-572362112.00–––1
Career1043,98425437.2331/036
Every scorecard · 104
1943-44v Richmonddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Essendon5–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v St Kilda00/0Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Melbourne10–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Northcote27–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Hawthorn-East Melbourne7–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Collingwood7–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v South Melbourne1 & 6*–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v University10*–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v North Melbourne14–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Carltondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Northcote4*–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Yarraville (Sub-District)40/6Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Collingwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v South Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v University4–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v North Melbourne31/17Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Carlton50–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Hawthorn-East Melbourne29–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Preston28 & 31*–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Carlton730/18Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Collingwood71–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Northcote0 & 52–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Melbourne15–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v St Kilda73–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v South Melbourne11–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Essendon10–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v University100–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Prahran11–Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v North Melbourne28–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Collingwood109–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Carlton2–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Hawthorn-East Melbourne17–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Brunswick8 & 12–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Richmond17 & 29–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Northcote39–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v St Kilda72–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Essendon9–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Prahran29–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v South Melbourne29–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v North Melbourne6–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v University54–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v South Melbourne114*–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v St Kilda6 & 4*–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Richmond52–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Northcote0–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Melbourne113–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Collingwood68–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v North Melbourne32–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Carlton0–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Hawthorn-East Melbourne6–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v University15 & 18–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Hawthorn-East Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Northcote60–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v North Melbourne31–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Collingwood6 & 68–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Footscray90/6Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Melbourne26–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v University82–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v North Melbourne51–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v South Melbourne9–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Richmond380/0Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Essendon49–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Essendon590/7Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Hawthorn-East Melbourne91–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Northcote0–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Melbourne95–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Collingwood33–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v St Kilda74–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Essendon27 & 9–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Hawthorn-East Melbourne48–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v North Melbourne6 & 10–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v University33 & 22–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Melbourne17–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Essendon100/8Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v St Kilda254 & 1261/38Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Melbourne76 & 210/12Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Northcote14–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Collingwood761/0Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Prahrandnb0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Melbourne0 & 105–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Northcote54–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Collingwood56–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Prahran10–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v North Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v University12–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v St Kilda1300/10Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v University2–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Prahran9 & 11–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55v Footscray6–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55v Collingwood13 & 22*–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Collingwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Prahran64–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v North Melbourne91 & 49–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v South Melbourne30 & 42*–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v University83–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Carlton22–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Footscray31–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Northcote260/6Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57v North Melbourne14 & 21–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57v South Melbourne1–Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

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

Runs by season

1943-44: 154 runs15443-441944-45: 532 runs5321945-46: 432 runs4321946-47: 428 runs42846-471947-48: 167 runs1671948-49: 264 runs2641950-51: 436 runs43650-511951-52: 575 runs5751952-53: 195 runs1951953-54: 286 runs28653-541954-55: 41 runs411955-56: 438 runs4381956-57: 36 runs3656-57

Wickets by season

1943-44: 1 wickets143-441944-45: 0 wickets1945-46: 0 wickets1946-47: 0 wickets46-471947-48: 0 wickets1948-49: 0 wickets1950-51: 0 wickets50-511951-52: 1 wickets11952-53: 1 wickets11953-54: 0 wickets53-541954-55: 0 wickets1955-56: 0 wickets1956-57: 0 wickets56-57

Every innings, in order

254501943-44 v Essendon: 51943-44 v St Kilda: 01943-44 v Melbourne: 101943-44 v Northcote: 271943-44 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 71943-44 v Collingwood: 71943-44 v South Melbourne: 11943-44 v South Melbourne: 6*1943-44 v University: 10*1943-44 v North Melbourne: 141943-44 v Northcote: 4*1943-44 v Yarraville (Sub-District): 41943-44 v South Melbourne: 21943-44 v University: 41943-44 v North Melbourne: 31943-44 v Carlton: 501944-45 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 291944-45 v Preston: 281944-45 v Preston: 31*1944-45 v Carlton: 731944-45 v Collingwood: 711944-45 v Northcote: 01944-45 v Northcote: 521944-45 v Melbourne: 151944-45 v St Kilda: 731944-45 v South Melbourne: 111944-45 v Essendon: 101944-45 v University: 1001944-45 v Prahran: 111944-45 v North Melbourne: 281945-46 v Collingwood: 1091945-46 v Carlton: 21945-46 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 171945-46 v Brunswick: 81945-46 v Brunswick: 121945-46 v Richmond: 171945-46 v Richmond: 291945-46 v Northcote: 391945-46 v St Kilda: 721945-46 v Essendon: 91945-46 v Prahran: 291945-46 v South Melbourne: 291945-46 v North Melbourne: 61945-46 v University: 541946-47 v South Melbourne: 114*1946-47 v St Kilda: 61946-47 v St Kilda: 4*1946-47 v Richmond: 521946-47 v Northcote: 01946-47 v Melbourne: 1131946-47 v Collingwood: 681946-47 v North Melbourne: 321946-47 v Carlton: 01946-47 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 61946-47 v University: 151946-47 v University: 181947-48 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 21947-48 v Northcote: 601947-48 v North Melbourne: 311947-48 v Collingwood: 61947-48 v Collingwood: 681948-49 v Footscray: 91948-49 v Melbourne: 261948-49 v University: 821948-49 v North Melbourne: 511948-49 v South Melbourne: 91948-49 v Richmond: 381948-49 v Essendon: 491950-51 v Essendon: 591950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 911950-51 v Northcote: 01950-51 v Melbourne: 951950-51 v Collingwood: 331950-51 v St Kilda: 741950-51 v Essendon: 271950-51 v Essendon: 91950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 481951-52 v North Melbourne: 61951-52 v North Melbourne: 101951-52 v University: 331951-52 v University: 221951-52 v Melbourne: 171951-52 v Essendon: 101951-52 v St Kilda: 2541951-52 v St Kilda: 1261951-52 v Melbourne: 761951-52 v Melbourne: 211952-53 v Northcote: 141952-53 v Collingwood: 761952-53 v Melbourne: 01952-53 v Melbourne: 1051953-54 v Northcote: 541953-54 v Collingwood: 561953-54 v Prahran: 101953-54 v North Melbourne: 21953-54 v University: 121953-54 v St Kilda: 1301953-54 v University: 21953-54 v Prahran: 91953-54 v Prahran: 111954-55 v Footscray: 61954-55 v Collingwood: 131954-55 v Collingwood: 22*1955-56 v Prahran: 641955-56 v North Melbourne: 911955-56 v North Melbourne: 491955-56 v South Melbourne: 301955-56 v South Melbourne: 42*1955-56 v University: 831955-56 v Carlton: 221955-56 v Footscray: 311955-56 v Northcote: 261956-57 v North Melbourne: 141956-57 v North Melbourne: 211956-57 v South Melbourne: 1

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

Against each club

Camberwell Magpies1152910952.905110.001/0
Greenvale Kanagaroos113589125.572117.001/17
Melbourne University1043510039.5531–––
Northcote102766027.6030–0/6
Melbourne947811347.80220–0/12
Casey South Melbourne8245114*35.001–––
Kingston Hawthorn82009128.571–––
St Kilda773925492.3833148.001/38
Essendon71785922.2510–0/7
Prahran71346422.3310–0/7
Carlton61477329.4020–0/18
Richmond41365234.0010–0/0
Footscray3463115.330–0/6
Preston15931*59.00–––
Brunswick1201210.00–––
Yarraville (Sub-District)1444.000–0/6

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
12012610563.001
2932397439.832
35512,13825439.591634
42811,15413042.74441
560995416.501
6711355222.5011
730652821.67
8311710*8.50
92111711.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)6642,50325440.371844
Middle order (4–7)4421,45313034.60642
Lower order (8–11)522810*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
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins6062,59725448.091573
In losses5121,2169124.8283
In draws4017110942.7511
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins6234.500.3
In losses7159.000.1
In draws10–0.0
  • 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
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first4831,76925439.311233
Batting second4801,55713032.441033
Second innings of the match19565812647.0022
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
As captain814079158.143
Otherwise10773,57725435.772186
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground54601,695114*32.60218.501/0
Albert Ground7837411346.75–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground692139123.67–––
St Kilda Cricket Ground5658625497.67148.001/38
University Oval562148335.67–––
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote44803920.00–––
Victoria Park4317210957.33–––
South Melbourne Cricket Ground341097627.25––0/12
Essendon Cricket Ground331185939.33––0/7
Glenferrie Oval32939146.50–––
Toorak Park32402920.00––0/7
Richmond Cricket Ground23843828.00––0/0
Carlton Cricket Ground221237361.50––0/18
Melbourne Cricket Ground11484848.00–––
Western Oval11313131.00–––
Yarraville Oval11444.00––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.

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

1943-44: 21 matches, 154 runs, 1 wicket · 1st XI Batting1943-441944-45: 12 matches, 532 runs, 0 wickets1945-46: 12 matches, 432 runs, 0 wickets1945-461946-47: 10 matches, 428 runs, 0 wickets1947-48: 4 matches, 167 runs, 0 wickets1947-481948-49: 7 matches, 264 runs, 0 wickets1949-50: did not play1949-501950-51: 8 matches, 436 runs, 0 wickets · 1st XI Batting1951-52: 6 matches, 575 runs, 1 wicket · 1st XI Batting1951-521952-53: 4 matches, 195 runs, 1 wicket1953-54: 8 matches, 286 runs, 0 wickets · Premiership · 1st XI Batting1953-541954-55: 2 matches, 41 runs, 0 wickets1955-56: 8 matches, 438 runs, 0 wickets · 1st XI Batting · 1st XI Bowling1955-561956-57: 2 matches, 36 runs, 0 wickets · 1st XI Batting

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.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 115: 7.9 to 78.278.2

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5018 Mar 1944v Carlton, 1943-44
First hundred1003 Feb 1945v University, 1944-45
1,000th run9 took him to 1,00026 Jan 1946v Essendon, 1945-46
50th match11330 Nov 1946v Melbourne, 1946-47
2,000th run59 took him to 2,0367 Oct 1950v Essendon, 1950-51
3,000th run14 took him to 3,00218 Oct 1952v Northcote, 1952-53
100th match2217 Dec 1955v 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

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

Best bowling

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

More splits

Batting position over the years16111943-44: 4 (16 inns, avg 11.85)1944-45: 4 (14 inns, avg 40.92)1945-46: 4 (14 inns, avg 30.86)1946-47: 3 (12 inns, avg 42.80)1947-48: 3 (5 inns, avg 33.40)1948-49: 3 (7 inns, avg 37.71)1950-51: 3 (9 inns, avg 48.44)1951-52: 3 (10 inns, avg 57.50)1952-53: 3 (4 inns, avg 48.75)1953-54: 3 (9 inns, avg 31.78)1954-55: 2 (3 inns, avg 20.50)1955-56: 3 (9 inns, avg 54.75)1956-57: 4 (3 inns, avg 12.00)19431946195019531956

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

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1943-4441611.85
1944-4541440.92
1945-4641430.86
1946-4731242.80
1947-483533.40
1948-493737.71
1950-513948.44
1951-5231057.50
1952-533448.75
1953-543931.78
1954-552320.50
1955-563954.75
1956-574312.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home546081,695114*32.60218.50
Away505502,28925441.62198.00

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday9610883,81325438.13340.67
Weekday8701715424.43
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct23274907114*39.43
Nov2427293811337.52131.00
Dec111312786823.17
Jan141113217332.10
Feb1515051210534.13
Mar1620093125446.55239.50
Other120977648.50
Finals
6Finals played
583Runs · avg 58.30
1Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away9810583,40113035.06242.50
Finals610058325458.30150.00
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. BT Considine × 6
  2. Ray Harvey × 4
  3. E Moore × 3
  4. K Peters × 3
  5. AD Woodford × 2
  6. 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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