Godfrey Thomas Benedict Harvey CIE (26 April 1891 — 5 September 1957) was an English cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Godfrey Thomas Benedict Harvey | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1891 Romsey, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 September 1957 (aged 66) Goudhurst, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Frank Harvey (father) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1922/23 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 May 2022 | |||||||||||||||
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 edit
- ^ Wickham, C. T. (1906). The Story of Twyford School from 1809 to 1909. Warren. p. 119.
- ^ Bury, John Patrick Tuer (1952). The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary. College. p. 311.
- ^ "No. 30114". The London Gazette. 5 June 1917. p. 5519.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Harvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Godfrey Harvey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 12.
- ^ Deaths. Kent and Sussex Courier. 4 July 1958. p. 4