Later Career
Harvey-Walker struggled to hold down a regular place in a weak batting side. His best season was 1974 when he scored 727 runs at 25.96, and also scored over 400 List 'A' runs. During the 1975 season a match at Buxton in June took place after a highly unseasonal snowstorm. Harvey-Walker came out to bat and surprised square leg umpire Dickie Bird by asking him to look after his false teeth, wrapped in a handkerchief, because he wouldn't be in for long.
Not regarded as a regular bowler much beforehand, he was regularly employed when selected in the 1978 season, taking 10-82, including 7-35 in the second innings against Surrey on the notoriously uncertain wicket at Ilkeston. Despite playing in the Benson and Hedges Cup Final he was not re-engaged at the end of the season in a general clearout by the County.
Harvey-Walker was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break and medium-pace bowler. Early in his career he played purely as a top order batsman.
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