Norman Gallichan
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Full name | Norman Gallichan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Palmerston North, New Zealand | 3 June 1906|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
25 March 1969 62) Taupo, New Zealand | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 33) | 24 July 1937 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 27 July 1937 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1929/30–1938/39 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2009 |
Norman Gallichan (3 June 1906 – 25 March 1969) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington and one Test for New Zealand.
Cricket career
Gallichan was educated at Palmerston North High School.[1] A tall slow-left-arm bowler and lower-order batsman, he played most of his cricket for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup competition, appearing irregularly in first-class cricket for Wellington between 1929–30 and 1938-39.
Playing his only full season of Plunket Shield cricket in 1936-37, he took 10 wickets in three matches at an average of 23.50[2] and made 84 runs at 28.00,[3] and he was a late selection for the 1937 New Zealand tour of England when it was decided to take 15 instead of 14 players.[4] He did well in the early games, but was reckoned by Wisden to have been inconsistent.[5] His one Test match came in the Second Test at Manchester, where he replaced the injured Alby Roberts.[6] He took three wickets and scored 32 runs in two innings, but Roberts returned for the final Test of the three-match series.
His career-best innings figures came in the match against Scotland just before the Second Test, when he took 6 for 46 and 3 for 38 to help the New Zealanders to a narrow victory.[7] His best match figures came near the end of the tour when he took 5 for 52 and 5 for 20 against Minor Counties in a more emphatic victory.[8] On the tour as a whole he took 59 first-class wickets at an average of 23.94.[9]
He played for Manawatu in the Hawke Cup from 1924-25 to 1946-47, taking 177 wickets at 11.59 and making 1409 runs at 32.76.[10] In 1935-36, when Manawatu held the title throughout the season, he took 30 wickets in four matches at an average of only 6.66.[11] In 2011 he was selected in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century.[12]
Death
Gallichan died in Taupo in 1969 and was buried at Taupo Public Cemetery.[13]
References
- ↑ New Zealand Truth, 13 November 1930, p. 16.
- ↑ Plunket Shield bowling 1936-37
- ↑ Plunket Shield batting 1936-37
- ↑ "Gallichan to join N.Z. team". Press. LXXIII (22049): 14. 24 March 1937. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ↑ "New Zealanders in England in 1937". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1938 ed.). Wisden. pp. 192&ndash, 196.
- ↑ "New Zealanders in England in 1937". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1938 ed.). Wisden. pp. 224&ndash, 226.
- ↑ "Scotland v New Zealanders 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ↑ "Minor Counties v New Zealanders 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ↑ New Zealanders in British Isles 1937 bowling
- ↑ "Obituaries, 1969". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1970 ed.). Wisden. p. 1021.
- ↑ "Bowling in Hawke Cup 1935-36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ↑ Martin, Wayne (21 February 2017). "Nelson hold an esteemed place in annals of Hawke Cup cricket history". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ↑ "Deceased details". Taupo District Council. Retrieved 17 January 2015.