Ronald Charles Harvey is a former English

English people

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 cricket

Cricket

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er. Harvey was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium

Fast bowling

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. He was born at Ingatestone

Ingatestone

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, Essex

Essex

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.

Harvey made his only first-class

First-class cricket

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 appearance for Essex

Essex County Cricket Club

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 against T. N. Pearce's XI

T. N. Pearce's XI

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 in 1952. In this match he took three wickets in T. N. Pearce's XI's first-innings, taking the wickets of Neville Rogers

Neville Rogers

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, Maurice Tompkin

Maurice Tompkin

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 and Peter Smith

Peter Smith (cricketer)

Peter Smith, was an English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. Smith was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947. An all-rounder, Smith played for Essex from 1929 to 1951.-Life and career:...

 for the cost of 88 runs from 16 overs

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. Essex made just 205 in response to T. N. Pearce's XI's first-innings score of 389, with Harvey batting at number eleven ended unbeaten

Not out

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 on 12. Essex were forced to follow-on

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 in their second-innings and were dismissed for 159, with Harvey ending not out on zero. Essex lost the match by an innings and 25 runs.

External links

• Ronald Harvey at ESPNcricinfo
• Ronald Harvey at CricketArchive
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