harvey was forced to shoulder more responsibility in the batting order now that bradman had retired and sid barnes took an extended break. the youngest player in the team, harvey rose to the challenge by establishing several australian records. his test figures of 660 at 132.00 was the most runs on a test tour of south africa by a visiting batsman, surpassing len hutton's previous mark by 83 runs, as were his 1,526 first-class runs at 76.30 and eight centuries on tour. his eight first-class centuries on one south african tour equalled the efforts of denis compton, len hutton and arthur morris.