at the start of the 1960–61 season, there was little indication of this. in his first five innings for the summer, harvey hit 135 against queensland, 80 and 63 for an australian xi against the touring west indies, 229 against queensland and 109 for new south wales against the caribbean team. however, his form tapered away during the thrilling 1960–61 home series against the west indies (which included the first tie in test history). harvey was ineffective apart from a score of 85 in the second innings of the third test, which australia lost. he then missed the fourth test due to injury. he struggled in the tests, scoring only 143 runs at 17.88, but prospered against the caribbean tourists in the tour matches, scoring 326 runs at 81.50. overall, he totalled 849 runs at 56.60 for the season.