BC Harvey

1951-52 to 1961-62 · 112 matches for the club

Debut v Footscray, 1951-52 (3 Nov 1951)Last game v Prahran, 1961-62 (10 Mar 1962)Player no. 291 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1956: did not bat v Prahran

112

Matches

2,503

Runs

21.58

Average

148

Highest

2 / 9

100s / 50s

Wickets

69.00

Bowling avg

1/5

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1951-52	12	14	2	205	47*	17.08	–	–	–	8
1952-53	9	9	2	86	26	12.29	–	–	–	2
1953-54	5	6	0	133	62	22.17	–	–	–	2
1954-55	5	8	1	68	30	9.71	2 (8)	0	0/5	1
1955-56	11	12	1	348	101*	31.64	–	–	–	8
1956-57	8	8	1	90	23*	12.86	–	–	–	1
1957-58	10	14	3	273	53	24.82	0 (8)	0	0/3	9
1958-59	12	15	1	215	44	15.36	2 (8)	0	0/0	6
1959-60	13	16	3	371	148	28.54	–	–	–	6
1960-61	14	15	1	374	69	26.71	4 (8)	0	0/0	7
1961-62	13	14	0	340	96	24.29	6 (8)	1	1/5
Career	112	131	15	2,503	148	21.58	14 (8-ball)	1	1/5	50

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Footscray, 1951-52
First fifty62v Richmond, 1953-54
First hundred101*v Essendon, 1955-56
Highest score148v Collingwood, 1959-60
Best bowling1/5v St Kilda, 1961-62
Last matchMatch 112v Prahran, 1961-62

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Casey South Melbourne	11	135	35	11.25			0	–	0/5
Essendon	10	363	101*	40.33	1	1	–	–	–
St Kilda	10	359	96	39.89	2		1	5.00	1/5
Melbourne University	10	249	53*	20.75	1		0	–	0/7
Melbourne	9	278	69	27.80	4		0	–	0/15
Richmond	9	200	62	28.57	1		0	–	0/0
Carlton	9	189	48	21.00			0	–	0/3
Footscray	8	157	46	17.44			0	–	0/0
Northcote	8	83	33	11.86			–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	8	66	19	5.50			–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	179	43*	22.38			0	–	0/12
Prahran	7	41	16	8.20			–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	6	204	148	29.14		1	0	–	0/17

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

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
2	2	0	3	3	1.50			1
3	15	2	365	96	28.08	2		2
4	35	3	852	148	26.63	3	2	5
5	36	3	763	69	23.12	3		4
6	19	3	176	40	11.00			4
7	17	2	273	53*	18.20	1		1
8	6	2	71	26	17.75
9	1	0	0	0	0.00			1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	17	2	368	96	24.53	2		3
Middle order (4–7)	107	11	2,064	148	21.50	7	2	14
Lower order (8–11)	7	2	71	26	14.20			1

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks18
1–942
10–1921
20–2917
30–4921
50–999
100+2

Turned 2 of 11 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 19 times.

Dismissals

Caught47 · 41%
Bowled34 · 29%
LBW19 · 16%
Stumped8 · 7%
Caught & bowled4 · 3%
Run out4 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Salmon (6), Hill (5), Holloway (4), Lambert (3), Smith (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	84	11	1,842	148	25.23	7	2	5
In losses	44	4	648	96	16.20	2		12
In draws	3	0	13	9	4.33			1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	4	0	–	0.0
In losses	5	1	35.00	0.2
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 9 of 11 (82%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 65 of 101 (64%), lost 31.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	58	4	1,319	101*	24.43	7	1	3
Batting second	48	2	923	148	20.07	2	1	10
Second innings of the match	25	9	261	43*	16.31			5

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	9	0	240	96	26.67	1
Otherwise	122	15	2,263	148	21.15	8	2	18

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	52	64	1,214	101*	22.07	–	–	0/0
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	8	40	21	5.71	–	–	0/5
Western Oval	6	8	111	41	15.86	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	7	251	96	50.20	1	5.00	1/5
Richmond Cricket Ground	5	5	106	62	21.20	–	–	–
University Oval	5	5	140	53*	35.00	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	5	4	24	17	6.00	–	–	–
Toorak Park	5	2	30	16	15.00	–	–	–
Victoria Park	4	6	198	148	33.00	–	–	0/17
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	5	79	30	19.75	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	4	4	67	40	16.75	–	–	0/3
Glenferrie Oval	3	5	28	19	5.60	–	–	–
Albert Ground	3	3	98	69	32.67	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	3	79	48	26.33	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	38	30	19.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Stumped1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Middle order (4–7)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/5 v St Kilda, 1961-62. 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 1951-52 to 1961-62: 12th of 58 for runs, 37th of 42 for wickets, 12th of 60 for matches, 10th of 14 for hundreds, 14th of 53 for catches, 12th of 33 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 24th of 321 for runs, 143rd of 172 for wickets, 25th of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 26th of 279 for catches, 42nd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

LA Wynne1927-28 to 1944-45 · 122 m · 2,574 runs · 1 wkts
IL Dunne1971-72 to 1980-81 · 101 m · 2,006 runs · 1 wkts
LV Straw1943-44 to 1953-54 · 103 m · 2,274 runs · 5 wkts
PA Ryan1968-69 to 1982-83 · 84 m · 1,847 runs · 1 wkts

The careers nearest Harvey’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

As captain

Led the side in 9 matches (1960-61 to 1961-62): won 6, lost 3, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership

1960-61: premiership

The arc

BC Harvey's best season with the bat was 1960-61: 374 runs from 15 innings at 26.71. The best ten-innings patch came in 1955-56: 340 runs at 37.78. The leanest, 1953-54 to 1955-56: 77 runs at 8.56.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty62	6 Feb 1954	v Richmond, 1953-54
First hundred101*	3 Dec 1955	v Essendon, 1955-56
50th match20	5 Jan 1957	v University, 1956-57
1,000th run9* took him to 1,007	14 Dec 1957	v Essendon, 1957-58
2,000th run48 took him to 2,005	4 Feb 1961	v Essendon, 1960-61
100th match0	7 Oct 1961	v North Melbourne, 1961-62

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Richmond, 1961-62 to v St Kilda, 1961-62 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 24 matches: from v Prahran, 1960-61 to v Prahran, 1961-62 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 8 matches bowled in: from v South Melbourne, 1954-55 to v Melbourne, 1961-62 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings: from v Melbourne, 1953-54 to v Melbourne, 1954-55 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
148	v Collingwood, 1959-60	Won
101*	v Essendon, 1955-56	Won
96	v St Kilda, 1961-62	Lost
69	v Melbourne, 1960-61	Won
62	v Richmond, 1953-54	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/5	v St Kilda, 1961-62	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 4th in 4, at 5th in 3, at 7th in 2, at 3rd in 1, at 6th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1951-52	7	14	17.08
1952-53	7	9	12.29
1953-54	5	6	22.17
1954-55	3	8	9.71
1955-56	4	12	31.64
1956-57	5	8	12.86
1957-58	6	14	24.82
1958-59	4	15	15.36
1959-60	4	16	28.54
1960-61	5	15	26.71
1961-62	4	14	24.29

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	52	64	9	1,214	101*	22.07
Away	60	67	6	1,289	148	21.13	1	35.00

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

By day

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	98	118	15	2,294	148	22.27	1	69.00
Weekday	14	13	0	209	54	16.08

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	13	13	2	256	53*	23.27
Nov	23	25	4	363	53	17.29
Dec	14	16	2	315	101*	22.50
Jan	27	28	2	816	148	31.38	1	32.00
Feb	20	25	2	386	62	16.78
Mar	13	21	2	335	69	17.63
Other	2	3	1	32	29	16.00

Finals

7Finals played

147Runs · avg 14.70

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	105	120	14	2,356	148	22.23	1	66.00
Finals	7	11	1	147	29	14.70

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1951-52	12	8
1952-53	9	2
1953-54	5	2
1954-55	5	1
1955-56	11	8
1956-57	8	1
1957-58	10	9
1958-59	12	7
1959-60	13	6
1960-61	14	7
1961-62	13	7	1

Caught most off

C Adams × 15
HAE Shillinglaw × 11
BT Considine × 7
EP Illingworth × 5
K Peters × 5
LJ Davison × 3

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1951-52	Footscray	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Collingwood	5 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Richmond	47*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Carlton	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Northcote	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Essendon	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	St Kilda	15 & 12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Melbourne	3 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	Collingwood	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	North Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	South Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	University	4 & 26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	Essendon	2 & 19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	Richmond	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	South Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	Essendon	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	Richmond	62	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	University	9 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	South Melbourne	0	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	University	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Melbourne	8 & 30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	St Kilda	18 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	University	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Essendon	101*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Richmond	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Melbourne	59	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	St Kilda	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Footscray	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Northcote	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	South Melbourne	21 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Footscray	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Northcote	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Collingwood	22 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	North Melbourne	3 & 23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	University	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	South Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	University	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Essendon	19 & 9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Carlton	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Melbourne	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	St Kilda	40 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Footscray	41 & 11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Carlton	26	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Footscray	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Northcote	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Prahran	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	North Melbourne	0 & 43*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	University	11 & 19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Essendon	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Carlton	40	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Richmond	0	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	St Kilda	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	University	53*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Essendon	20 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Carlton	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	St Kilda	31*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Footscray	3 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Northcote	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Collingwood	148	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Prahran	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	North Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	South Melbourne	4 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Footscray	46	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Prahran	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	North Melbourne	20 & 25	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	South Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	University	30	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	St Kilda	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Essendon	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Richmond	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Melbourne	69	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	North Melbourne	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	St Kilda	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	South Melbourne	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	University	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Essendon	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Richmond	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Melbourne	54	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	St Kilda	96	1/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Northcote	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Collingwood	23	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Prahran	3 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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