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Godfrey Harvey

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Godfrey Harvey
Personal information
Full name
Godfrey Thomas Benedict Harvey
Born26 April 1891
Romsey, Hampshire, England
Died5 September 1957(1957-09-05) (aged 66)
Goudhurst, Kent, England
BattingUnknown
RelationsFrank Harvey (father)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1922/23Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 30
Batting average 15.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 19
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 May 2022

Godfrey Thomas Benedict Harvey CIE (26 April 1891 — 5 September 1957) was an English cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of the Hampshire cricketer Frank Harvey, he was born at Romsey in April 1891. He was educated at Twyford School,[1] before matriculating to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[2] Harvey served in the British Indian Army Officer Reserve in the First World War, being commissioned in February 1917 as a lieutenant in the Cavalry Branch.[3] While stationed in British India, Harvey made two appearances in first-class cricket in November 1922. The first came for a combined Europeans and Parsees team against a combined Hindus and Muslims team, while the second came for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians, with both matches played at Bombay.[4] He scored 30 runs in these two matches.[5] He was engaged as the Director of Publicity at Madras, where he held the rank of captain. Harvey was appointed a Companion to the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1946 New Year Honours, in recognition of his service.[6] He died in England in September 1957 at Goudhurst, Kent.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Wickham, C. T. (1906). The Story of Twyford School from 1809 to 1909. Warren. p. 119.
  2. ^ Bury, John Patrick Tuer (1952). The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary. College. p. 311.
  3. ^ "No. 30114". The London Gazette. 5 June 1917. p. 5519.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Harvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  5. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Godfrey Harvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  6. ^ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 12.
  7. ^ Deaths. Kent and Sussex Courier. 4 July 1958. p. 4
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