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Raymond Harvey (born 3 January 1926) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played for Victoria in the 1940s and 1950s. He was the brother of Australian Test batsmen Merv and Neil and first-class cricketer and umpire Mick Harvey. Ray Harvey was an attacking and talented batsman but failed to reach international standards and only managed to hold down a regular position in the Victorian team in two seasons in the 1950s. This failure to match the standards set by his Test-capped brothers was often attributed to a lack of single-mindedness and hunger. Harvey was born into a working-class, devoutly Methodist family. His father was a keen amateur cricketer and an instilled a love of the game in his six sons, all of whom played for Fitzroy in Victorian Premier Cricket. Harvey made his first class debut in the middle of the 1947–48 season, and played his first two matches for Victoria alongside his more decorated brothers Merv and Neil. However, he performed poorly and did not play a match in the following summer and for the two subsequent seasons, he played in only three games but contributed little to his team's cause. In 1951–52 he made five appearances, gaining selection only when Victoria's Test players were busy representing Australia. The following season, he gained selection for the last three matches and broke through for his maiden first-class century, having never previously passed 50. Having broken through at the end of the preceding summer, Harvey played his first full season for Victoria in 1953–54, despite the availability of the Test players for the whole campaign. He scored two centuries and five half centuries against full strength teams from other states and was rewarded with selection in Lindsay Hassett's testimonial match, which was effectively a Test trial match. Harvey ended the season with 699 runs at a batting average of 49.92. At the start of the following season, Harvey was included in an Australian XI for a match against the touring England cricket team for a Test trial match. However, rain curtailed the match and turned the playing surface into a sticky wicket hostile to batting. Harvey made only seven in his only innings. He played in all of Victoria's matches for the season, despite a form slump—he scored only 206 runs at 18.72. He was then overlooked for state selection until 1958–59, when he regained his position late in the season and made 97 and 86 in consecutive innings. However, the following season, he made only sporadic appearances despite the absence of the Test players overseas and aggregated only 133 runs at 16.62 in four matches and he was never selected for Victoria again. He shone mainly for Fitzroy in Victorian Premier Cricket, scoring 19 centuries and 9,146 runs in first-grade competition, both of which are still club records. == Early years == (詳細はBroken Hill, New South Wales where he worked for BHP driving horse-drawn trailers.〔Coleman, p. 552.〕 In 1914, he married Elsie May Bitmead and their first two children, daughter Rita and son Mervyn, were born in the mining town. The family relocated to Newcastle, a mining town and harbour in New South Wales and had two more sons, "Mick" and Harold there.〔 In 1926, the Harveys shifted to the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, a staunchly working-class, industrial area.〔 During their relocation, Ray was born in Sydney. Horace secured a job at the confectionery company Life Savers (Australasia) Ltd. located next door to their house at 198 Argyle Street.〔 The 19th century two-storey house was owned by the firm and was used as lodgings for the workers' families. It no longer exists, having been demolished to make way for a textile factory.〔 The two youngest sons Neil and Brian were born in Fitzroy.〔 The Cornish-descended Horry raised his family as strict Methodists, disallowing gambling, alcohol, tobacco and profanity in his household.〔 An ardent cricketer during his years in New South Wales, he was good enough to hit 196 runs during a match in Newcastle,〔 and he encouraged his children to play sport. He himself played for the Rita Social Club after moving to Fitzroy,〔 while his wife kept score.〔 As recreational facilities and grass ovals were sparse in densely populated Fitzroy, the boys took to playing cricket in a cobblestone laneway between their terraced house.〔Coleman, p. 553.〕 Here they played cricket with a tennis ball, homemade cricket bat and a kerosene tin for a wicket.〔 They were usually joined by other local children, two of whom became elite sportsmen: Allan Ruthven (an Australian rules footballer) and Harold Shillinglaw (both an Australian rules footballer and first-class cricketer)—the group also played Australian rules football, kicking around rolled up cardboard and newspaper.〔 Much of the batting skill displayed by the Harvey brothers has been attributed to these games played on the unpredictable bounce of the bumpy laneway.〔 The surface also had a V-shaped slope inwards towards the centre of the lane, causing balls to deviate sideways after bouncing.〔Coleman, p. 551.〕 As the laneway meant that the playing area was long and narrow, the young boys also had to learn to play the ball straight in accordance with orthodox cricket technique.〔 The Harveys played another form of cricket in their concreted backyard using a marble instead of a ball that sharpened their reflexes,〔Coleman, p. 553.〕 and a miniature bat.〔Harvey, p. 26.〕 All were right-handed batsmen with the exception of Neil.〔Harvey, p. 25.〕 All of the children attended the nearby George Street State School and one by one the brothers joined the Fitzroy Cricket Club as they reached their early teens. The club had a program whereby they gave a medal for every local school to award to the best cricketer in their ranks in that year. The successful student would then be given access to all of the club's facilities.〔Harvey, pp. 26–27.〕 All of the Harvey brothers were recipients were of this medal.〔Harvey, p. 27.〕 At Fitzroy, they came under the influence of former Victorian all-rounder Arthur Liddicut and the club's veteran captain Joe Plant.〔Coleman, pp. 555–556.〕 The Harveys had no formal coaching,〔Coleman, p. 555.〕 and their father, although a regular presence at the club, chose to stay in the background as their respective careers developed.〔Coleman, p. 555.〕 Horace did not advise his sons on how to bat, allowing them to formulate their own style and technique.〔Harvey, p. 29.〕 According to the Harvey brothers, it was their mother who was vocal and extroverted, in contrast to their reserved father.〔 The boys who failed to score runs were given kitchen duty and according to them, their parents never showed favouritism.〔 During the winter, they played baseball for the Fitzroy Baseball Club, often competing in matches played as curtain raisers to the elite Australian rules football competition, the Victorian Football League.〔 In 1948, Harvey was selected at short stop in the 1948 All-Australian baseball team. Saturday night entertainment for the family typically consisted of dinner after the day’s cricket matches for Fitzroy and Plant, Liddicut and other club personnel were often invited.〔 Under the influence of cricketing mentors Plant and Liddicut, the boys were taught to adopt an aggressive approach, using fast feet movement to attack spin bowling in particular.〔Coleman, p. 556.〕 Harvey made his First XI debut for Fitzroy in 1941–42.〔Coleman, p. 564.〕 In 1943–44, he scored a club record of 817 First XI runs in a season.〔Coleman, p. 559.〕 In 1942–43, Neil was promoted to Fitzroy's First XI, joining Merv, Mick and Ray. During that season, the family held down the first four batting positions for Fitzroy; Merv and Mick opened the batting and Ray and Neil came in after them. Ray continued to play for Fitzroy over the next two decades when he was not required by Victoria.〔Harvey, pp. 30–31.〕 Outside cricket, Harvey was an electrical fitter and he worked for the Metropolitan Tramways Board.〔 He and his wife Lorna and settled in the inner-northern suburb of Reservoir.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ray Harvey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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