this was followed by a tour in early 1955 to the west indies, the first by an australian team. harvey began with two consecutive centuries, scoring exactly 133 in both the first and second tests at kingston and port-of-spain respectively. the matches ended in an innings victory and draw to australia respectively. in a low scoring match in georgetown, harvey scored 38 and 41* as australia took a 2–0 lead. another half century in the drawn fourth test followed, before harvey scored the second double century of his career, 204 in the fifth test in kingston in just over seven hours of batting. his 295 run partnership with colin mcdonald was the foundation of a test total of 8/758, setting up an innings victory for australia. he totalled 650 runs at 108.33 for the series. for the entire tour, he scored 789 runs at 71.73. after the tour arthur morris retired, leaving harvey as the most experienced batsman of the team. harvey had also expunged his demons that he experienced against ramadhin and valentine in the previous series. of the spin duo, only ramadhin was able to dismiss harvey on one occasion.