Den Harvey

Den Harvey, SOA president in 2010 and a well-known and well-loved figure in Oxfordshire sporting circles, died on August 22nd, aged 81.

A canny medium-paced bowler, he played for Risinghurst and Old Botley in the 1960s and 1970s before becoming a member of Morris Motors. 

It was while playing for Oxfordshire Over 50s in the 1990s, that he started to play for SOA and was a regular on the Western Tour. He joined his last club Witney Mills in 2003, playing for them well into his seventies. 

But he was best known as a groundsman. After working in the car factory, he became full time groundsman for Oxford University Press at Jordan Hill. He also helped look after the football and cricket pitches at Morris Motors.