 After the war , he resumed with Victoria , but faced a lot of competition for a place as an opening batsman in the Australian team . He played his only Test in the 1946 @-@ 47 Ashes series at the Adelaide Oval , filling in for the injured Sid Barnes . Scoring 12 and 31 , he partnered Arthur Morris in a second innings opening stand of 116 . After a further two first @-@ class seasons , Harvey retired after being dropped from Victoria 's first @-@ choice team . He ended with a record of 1 @,@ 147 first @-@ class runs at 38 @.@ 23 in 22 matches . This included three centuries , and he captained Victoria five times , winning one match — the rest were drawn . His career highlight was an innings of 136 in December 1946 against New South Wales , when he hooked a bouncer from Ray Lindwall into the MCG public bar and featured in a partnership of 271 with Keith Miller . His highest score was 163 against South Australia at Adelaide . Harvey continued playing for Fitzroy until 1954 @-@ 55 , and he finished with 6 @,@ 654 runs at an average of 29 @.@ 31 in 207 First XI matches for the club . 
