 In 1952 – 53 Ray only managed selection in the last three matches of the season , and played alongside Neil in the last two fixtures , against South Africa and Western Australia . The brothers had previously had little success in partnerships together for Victoria and in the match against South Africa , Neil came in to join Ray — who was playing as an opener — with the score at 2 / 21 . The pair put on 96 runs . The Victorians drew the match and the brothers did not bat together in the second innings . In the match against South Australia , Neil joined his brother at 1 / 118 and the Harveys again narrowly missed a century partnership , as Ray fell at 2 / 211 for 121 . Later , Neil was out for 95 , missing out on another milestone . Mick was not selected for his adopted state in any fixture for the entire season and did not meet his brothers . 
