Frank Northam Harvey (19 December 1864 — 10 November 1939) was an English
first-class cricketer, clergyman and educator.
The son of The Reverend Aaron Harvey, he was born at
Southampton in December 1864. He was educated in Southampton at Handel College, which was run by his father, before matriculating to
Exeter College, Oxford.
After graduating from Oxford, he took
holy orders and undertook his first ecclesiastical duties as curate of St Denys Church in Southampton in 1888.
In 1894, he was appointed chaplain at the
Royal South Hants Hospital. In 1899, Harvey made his debut in
first-class cricket for
Hampshire against
Derbyshire at
Derby in the
1899 County Championship
The 1899 County Championship was the tenth officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 1 May to 6 September 1899. Surrey County Cricket Club won their sixth championship title, with Middlesex finishing as runners-up for ...
. The following season, he made a further two first-class appearances in the
1900 County Championship
The 1900 County Championship was the eleventh officially organised running of the County Championship, and ran from 7 May to 1 September 1900. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their fourth championship title, remaining unbeaten throughout the sea ...
, both against
Essex. Playing as a
wicket-keeper, he took two catches and made a single
stumping
Stumped is a method of dismissing a batsman in cricket, which involves the wicket-keeper putting down the wicket while the batsman is out of his ground. (The batsman leaves his ground when he has moved down the pitch beyond the popping crease ...
in his three first-class matches, in addition to scoring 20 runs. He was appointed vicar at
Whitchurch, Hampshire in 1910, before being appointed rector of
Fawley with
Langley in 1924.
Alongside his ecclesiastical duties, he was headmaster of Handel College until 1912, having succeeded his father.
Harvey died at Southampton in November 1939.
His son,
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, was also a first-class cricketer.
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1864 births
1939 deaths
Cricketers from Southampton
English cricketers
Hampshire cricketers
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
Schoolteachers from Hampshire
19th-century English Anglican priests
20th-century English Anglican priests
Heads of schools in England