Neil Harvey - 254 for Fitzroy v St Kilda

Ken Jacobs | January 23, 2023

The recent release of Ashley Mallet’s book, ‘The Last Invincible’, about Neil Harvey provides a pertinent reminder of just how good a player he was at both state and national levels .However he also recorded some wonderful performances at club level and perhaps none better than in 1951/52 as a 23 year old for his first club Fitzroy in a semi- final against a strong St Kilda Cricket Club team.

Neil scored 254 in the first innings and remarkably scored the runs in even time!

He followed this up with another century in the second innings scoring 126 as Fitzroy comfortably defeated the Saints.

This however was not the first time Neil had scored a century in each innings for Fitzroy- ten years earlier as a 13 year old he scored 101 and 141no for the Club’s third eleven. 

Neil made his debut for Fitzroy’s first eleven as a 15 year old and played 104 matches for the club from 1943/44 to 1956/57 before moving to NSW.