 Neil Harvey represented Australia in 79 Test matches between 1948 and 1963 . He was Australia 's most prolific batsman during the post @-@ war era , served as vice @-@ captain of Australia in the last five years of his career and regarded by Wisden as the leading fielder in the world during his career . At the time of his retirement , he held the record for the most Test appearances by an Australian and was the country 's second @-@ highest run scorer and century @-@ maker , behind Don Bradman . He was selected in the Australian Cricket Board 's Team of the Century and inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame . He was an inaugural inductee into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame . The family 's eldest son , Merv , played one Test for Australia in 1946 – 47 after losing his best years to World War II and his grandson Robert Harvey was one of the elite Australian rules footballers of the last twenty years , twice winning the Australian Football League 's Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player of the season and being voted the Most Valuable Player in the competition by his peers in 1997 . 
