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Neil Harvey interviewed by David Rayvern Allen



Reference
MCC/AAL/3/99
Date:
2005-07
Level of description
item
Extent
1 CD: 43 minutes 11 seconds
Part of
David Rayvern Allen Audio Archive (MCC/AAL/3)
Scope and Content
1 CD, Neil Harvey, cricketer, interviewed by David Rayvern Allen. The CD consists of 8 tracks.

Track 1: [0:00-0:19] Introduction by David Rayvern Allen, [0:20-0:57] Harvey talks about when he last picked up a bat in Les Favell's testimonial, [0:58-4:26] Harvey talks about his cricketing family.

Track 2: [0:00-1:12] Harvey talks about growing up and playing cricket with his family, [1:13-2:26] Harvey talks about playing baseball, [2:27-3:10] Harvey talks about the possibility of playing baseball in the United States, [3:11-3:46] Harvey talks about cricket remaining Australia's No.1 summer sport, [3:47-5:34] Harvey talks about his first matches for Victoria.

Track 3: [0:00-1:25] Harvey talks about playing against the MCC including batting against the MCC, getting praise by Godfrey Evans and becoming friends with Alec Bedser, [1:26-2:37] Harvey talks about a loss of camaraderie in cricket and how he enjoys meeting old friends, [2:38-4:40] Harvey talks about being on the 1948 Australia tour to England and Sid Barnes getting injured.

Track 4: [0:00-2:27] Harvey talks about getting called up to his first Ashes Test at Headingley in 1948 and batting with Keith Miller and Sam Loxton, [2:28-3:24] Harvey talks about learning to bat at Fitzroy and never getting stumped in his career, [3:25-5:09] Harvey talks about playing the innings of his life against Hugh Tayfield on a sticky wicket in South Africa.

Track 5: [0:00-0:48] Harvey talks about playing against South Africa on a sticky wicket in 1949-1950 and the innings of his life, [0:49-4:05 Harvey talks about arriving in England in 1948 without equipment, using a Sykes Bradman Slazenger bat on debut for the only time and how Sam Loxton got it signed by Don Bradman, [4:06-4:57] Harvey talks about batting against Fazal Mahmood on matting.

Track 6: [0:00-1:14] Harvey talks about batting against Fazal Mahmood on matting in Pakistan 1959-1960 and playing forward, [1:15-1:59] Harvey talks about batting technique and playing forward or back, [2:00-4:31] Harvey talks about how one-day cricket has changed batting technique.

Track 7: [0:00-1:41] Harvey talks about playing against the MCC on the 1954-1955 tour of Australia, [1:42-3:51] Harvey talks about being in favour of uncovered wickets and what it is like to play on them, [3:52-4:51] Harvey praises the captaincy of Mike Brearley and how Australia has not had a great captain since Richie Benaud, [4:52-6:05] Harvey talks about his tours of England and 1948 being his favourite.

Track 8: [0:00-1:24] Harvey talks about being an Australian Test selector, [1:24-2:54] Harvey talks about being a distributor of tupperware, becoming a wine and beer salesman and following cricket in retirement, [2:55-4:58] Harvey talks about watching one-day cricket and not liking flat wickets, short boundaries and modern bats, [4:59-6:27] Harvey talks about his hopes for the future and the need to make things fairer for the bowler, [6:28-7:12] Harvey talks about the soul of cricket being intact and the success of the Australian academy, [7:13-7:46] Harvey talks about the Test that has just happened between England and Australia




A back-up copy of this CD is included.

Associations
Robert Neil Harvey
David Rayvern Allen
Leslie Ernest Favell
Mervyn Roye Harvey
Douglas Vivian Parson Wright
Thomas Godfrey Evans
Sir Alec Victor Bedser
Victoria Cricket Club
Sidney George Barnes
Keith Ross Miller
Samuel John Everett Loxton
Hugh Joseph Tayfield
Samuel John Everett Loxton
Fazal Mahmood
John Michael Brearley
Subject
baseball, Australia in England 1948, MCC in Australia 1946-1947, Australia in South Africa 1949-1950, Australia in Pakistan 1959-1960, MCC in Australia 1954-1955, captains, captaincy
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 CD: 43 minutes 11 seconds
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