on the final afternoon, harvey was at the crease and got off the mark by hitting the winning boundary in the second innings as australia successfully completed a test world record run chase of 3/404 in less than one day. he had only one more innings in the series, scoring 17 in the fifth and final test at the oval where australia won by an innings. harvey added centuries in consecutive matches after the tests against somerset and the south of england. in the entire first-class tour, he scored four centuries to aggregate 1129 runs at 53.76. harvey was an acrobatic fielder, regarded as the best in the australian team. fingleton said that harvey was "by far the most brilliant fieldsman of both sides, who was to save many runs in the field". he was twelfth man in the early tests because of his fielding and he took several acclaimed catches throughout the tour.