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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Godfrey Thomas Benedict Harvey
| birth_date = 26 April 1891
| birth_place = [[Romsey]], [[Hampshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1957|9|5|1891|4|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Goudhurst]], [[Kent]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[Frank Harvey (cricketer)|Frank Harvey]] (father)
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1922/23
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 30
| bat avg1 = 15.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 19
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 27 May
| year = 2022
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29339.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Godfrey Thomas Benedict Harvey''' {{postnominal|CIE}} (26 April 1891 — 5 September 1957) was an English [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of the [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] cricketer [[Frank Harvey (cricketer)|Frank Harvey]], he was born at [[Romsey]] in April 1891. He was educated at [[Twyford School]],<ref>{{cite book |title=The Story of Twyford School from 1809 to 1909|first=C. T.|last=Wickham|date=1906|publisher=Warren|page=119|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Story_of_Twyford_School_from_1809_to/6w1QAAAAYAAJ|language=en}}</ref> before maltriculating to [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary|first=John Patrick Tuer|last=Bury|date=1952|publisher=College|page=311|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_College_of_Corpus_Christi_and_the_Bl/MBJBAAAAIAAJ|language=en}}</ref> Harvey served in the [[British Indian Army]] Officer Reserve in the [[First World War]], being commissioned in February 1917 as a [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in the Cavalry Branch.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30114|date=5 June 1917|page=5519}}</ref> While stationed in [[British India]], Harvey made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] in November 1922. The first came for a combined [[Europeans and Parsees cricket team|Europeans and Parsees team]] against a combined [[Hindus and Muslims cricket team|Hindus and Muslims team]], while the second came for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]], with both matches played at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13637/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Godfrey Harvey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-05-27|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 30 runs in these two matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13637/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Godfrey Harvey|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-05-27|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was engaged as the Director of Publicity at [[Chennai|Madras]], where he held the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]]. Harvey was appointed a Companion to the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1946 New Year Honours]], in recognition of his service.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37407|date=28 December 1945|page=12}}</ref> He died in England in September 1957 at [[Goudhurst|Goudhurst, Kent]].<ref>Deaths. ''[[Kent and Sussex Courier]]''. 4 July 1958. p. 4</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=29339}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Godfrey}}
[[Category:1891 births]]
[[Category:1957 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Romsey]]
[[Category:People educated at Twyford School]]
[[Category:Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]

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