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Richards On leave from the services, Harvey played in
our very first match against Guy’s Hospital on Saturday the 22nd. September,
1945. It marked the start of a long and proud association
with the Pirates, being in the side that defeated Cardiff 5-0 in 1950, whilst
he also played for us in the Middlesex Sevens a year later. However,
perhaps his greatest qualities shone when he skippered us in 1952-53 to a truly
memorable season, one during which we were unbeaten from 1st. September to 7th.
March. He took his role very seriously and felt privileged
to captain the Pirates at such a time. Harvey played five
times for Cornwall (1948-52) and also played for Middlesex when he was at Rosslyn
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He
was Chairman of Cornwall’s selection committee for a spell, and in 1973 he
brought the idea of initiating the ‘new’ 9-a-side version of our game
(mini-rugby) for primary schools back to our area following a demonstration he
had watched before an international in Cardiff. Harvey
had a spell looking after our Colts alongside Johnny Thomas, him also taking on
the senior role of club Chairman from 1974-78. After retiring
as headmaster of Heamoor CP School in 1985, Harvey became commodore at Mount’s
Bay Sailing Club, but he still had an interest in rugby. He
was President of the Cornwall RFU from 1994-97, and was also busily active in
our ‘Golden Jubilee’ season, being a valued member of the ‘Golden
Jubilee’ Season Committee. In recent years he has enjoyed
a leading role as founder of the Cornwall Sages Society – described by Harvey
as being ‘A bunch of old rugby buggers growing old together who enjoy each
other’s company.’ Their members are from clubs
throughout the county who meet once every month for a pasty and a pint, and though
they have an average age of 70 plus, they are, mentally, still stranded hopelessly
in their mid-20s – and why not?!
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