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In
Waltham's opening County 3 game this season (May 7th
2005) some 29 seasons later, Harvey made exactly 100
at home to
Ropley, and his unbeaten 73 at Bedhampton took the
Waltham left hander to 303 runs at an average of 101
so far this year. (see
http://www.bishopswaltham-cc.co.uk/matchreports.html#7may).
There
have been many centuries in between - at least six
more in the league for Waltham and also for Hursley
Park for whom he played up to Southern League level
between 1985 and 1997 - but Ron's age remains a closely
guarded secret.
Harvey
held the Bishop's Waltham club record for the most
league runs in a season for 25 years, with his own
personal best of 682 runs (in 1982) within reach given
the evergreen opener's sensational start to 2005.
Son-in-law Rob Bailey wrested that record from him
scoring 740 runs in 2002, but Harvey has the distinction
of being the only Waltham player to scoop divisional
batting AND bowling awards (41 wickets at an average
of 6.9 in 1978, the year Foster claimed the County
1 batting prize.
The
1978 Hampshire League handbook features debonair and
dapper snapshots of both Harvey and Foster (who numbers
Bishop's Waltham amongst his previous clubs), while
this link features a more recent profile of the Waltham
left-hander: http://www.bishopswaltham-cc.co.uk/profiles/harvey.html
In
the words of George Galloway, "Sir, we salute you."
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