Peter Harvey (cricketer, born 1923)
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| Full name | Peter Fairfield Harvey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1923 Linby, Nottinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 July 2006 (aged 83) Oadby, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1958 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 August 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Fairfield Harvey (15 January 1923 – 19 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire from 1947 to 1958.[1]
Life and career[edit]
Harvey was a leg spin bowler, a right-handed batsman and a fine fieldsman. In the early stages of his career he was considered one of the best young players in England. In 1949 Learie Constantine wrote of him: "His big leg-breaks are most difficult to deal with, and put even batsmen like Compton and Edrich on the defensive. He is still young enough to have a good Test career. He is a steady and promising batsman, and definitely a brilliant fieldsman, one of the best in England."[2]
Harvey's best match figures were 11 for 202 against Derbyshire in August 1949,[3] and his best innings figures were 8 for 122 against Somerset a few days later.[4] His most successful season was 1951, when he took 73 wickets and scored 784 runs, including a career-best 150 in six and a half hours against Leicestershire.[5][6] However, the arrival of the leg-spinners Bruce Dooland and Gamini Goonesena at Nottinghamshire in 1953 relegated Harvey to the Second XI with occasional matches for the first team.[5] Playing for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship in 1956 he was the leading wicket-taker in the competition, with 64 wickets at an average of 14.78; he also scored 449 runs at an average of 44.90.[7]
During his playing days, Harvey was employed in the winter by Redmayne and Todd, a sports outfitters in Nottingham. When he retired from cricket he was appointed manager of the Leicester branch of the firm, and he stayed with Redmayne and Todd until he retired.[5][8]
References[edit]
- ^ "Peter Harvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ Learie Constantine, Cricket Crackers, Stanley Paul & Co., London, 1949, p. 143.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 1949". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Somerset 1949". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Peter Harvey". www.trentbridge.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire 1951". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Wisden 1957, pp. 712, 726.
- ^ Wisden 2007, pp. 1555–56.