Peter Harvey
Personal information
Full name
Peter Fairfield Harvey
Born(1923-01-15)15 January 1923
Linby, Nottinghamshire, England
Died19 July 2006(2006-07-19) (aged 83)
Oadby, Leicestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1947–1958Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 175
Runs scored 3645
Batting average 18.40
100s/50s 2/9
Top score 150
Balls bowled 26,411
Wickets 335
Bowling average 35.54
5 wickets in innings 13
10 wickets in match 3
Best bowling 8/122
Catches/stumpings 116/0
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

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

  1. ↑ "Peter Harvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Learie Constantine, Cricket Crackers, Stanley Paul & Co., London, 1949, p. 143.
  3. ↑ "Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 1949". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nottinghamshire v Somerset 1949". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Peter Harvey". www.trentbridge.co.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire 1951". Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Wisden 1957, pp. 712, 726.
  8. ↑ Wisden 2007, pp. 1555–56.
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