Frank Harvey (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer, clergyman and educator}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frank Harvey

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Frank Northam Harvey

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1864|12|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1939|11|10|1864|12|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family = Godfrey Harvey (son)

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1899–1900}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 20

| bat avg1 = 5.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 7

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/1

| date = 2 January

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14086.html Cricinfo

}}

Frank Northam Harvey (19 December 1864 — 10 November 1939) was an English first-class cricketer, clergyman and educator.

The son of The Reverend Aaron Harvey, he was born at Southampton in December 1864. He was educated in Southampton at Handel College, which was run by his father, before matriculating to Exeter College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=Oxford Men, 1880-1892|first=Joseph|last=Foster|author-link=Joseph Foster (genealogist)|date=1893|publisher=J. Parker|page=275|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bgQVAAAAQAAJ|language=en}} After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders and undertook his first ecclesiastical duties as curate of St Denys Church in Southampton in 1888. In 1894, he was appointed chaplain at the Royal South Hants Hospital.{{cite book |title=The Clergy Directory and Parish Guide|date=1904|publisher=J. S. Phillips|page=267|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZFs4AQAAMAAJ|language=en}} In 1899, Harvey made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Derbyshire at Derby in the 1899 County Championship. The following season, he made a further two first-class appearances in the 1900 County Championship, both against Essex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6648/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frank Harvey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 July 2023|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a wicket-keeper, he took two catches and made a single stumping in his three first-class matches, in addition to scoring 20 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6648/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frank Harvey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 July 2023|url-access=subscription}} He was appointed vicar at Whitchurch, Hampshire in 1910,{{cite book|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory|date=1921|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=668|volume=52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RsJi2t3aw-0C|language=en}} before being appointed rector of Fawley with Langley in 1924.{{cite book|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory|date=1930|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=572|issue=59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMgWAQAAIAAJ|language=en}} Alongside his ecclesiastical duties, he was headmaster of Handel College until 1912, having succeeded his father.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003142/19391118/106/0004|title=The Rev. Frank Harvey|work=Hampshire Advertiser|location=Southampton|page=4|date=18 November 1939|access-date=6 July 2023|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Harvey died at Southampton in November 1939. His son, Godfrey, was also a first-class cricketer.