Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Mai buga takardu ta hanyar kasuwanci, Harvey ya fara wasa a Fitzroy First XI a 1938 <unk> 39. Mick ya buɗe bugun tare da Merv, kuma a cikin 1942/43, lokacin da Neil ya shiga cikin First XI, dangin sun mamaye matsayi na farko na bugun farko na ƙungiyar; Merv da Mick sun buɗe kuma Ray da Neil sun zo bayan su. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Harvey ya shiga cikin Rundunar Sojojin Australiya ta Biyu a Fitzroy a ranar 4 ga Maris 1943 kuma ya kasance memba na Battalion na 39th kuma ya ci gaba da aiki a
Kokoda. - Ka yi haƙuri. An sallame shi a ranar 29 ga Maris, 1946 tare da mukamin soja. Ya ci gaba da wasan kurket tare da Fitzroy a ƙarshen yaƙin kuma ya yi isasshen gudu don zaɓar Victoria na farko uku Sheffield Shield wasanni na 1948-49 kakar. Yana wasa a matsayin dan wasan budewa, ya yi 10 da 13 a karon farko da Queensland, kuma an kama shi a kafa kafin wicket (lbw) a cikin duka biyu a cikin nasara takwas. A wasa na gaba da New South Wales, wanda ya yi alfahari da sabbin 'yan wasan Australia masu bude kwallon Ray Lindwall da Keith Miller, Harvey ya yi 19 da 33 a wasan da aka yi. A wasan da ya biyo baya da Australia ta Kudu, ya yi 4 da 12, kuma ya sake shiga cikin lbw a cikin duka biyun. Lokacin 1948/49 ya kasance na gida ne kawai ba tare da ƙungiyar gwajin yawon shakatawa ba, don haka duk wakilan ƙasashen waje na Ostiraliya suna nan a duk lokacin. Bayan ya zira kwallaye 91 kawai a matsakaicin bugun 15.16, an cire Harvey daga kungiyar. Bai yi wasa tare da Ray ba, wanda aka sauke, da Merv, wanda ya yi ritaya. Ya kasance kakar wasa ta karshe ta Harvey ga Fitzroy, kuma a wasanni 90 na farko, ya zira kwallaye 2,601 a matsakaicin 30.24.