Norman Gallichan
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| Full name | Norman Gallichan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 June 1906 Palmerston North, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 March 1969 (aged 62) Taupo, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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. After he took five wickets for Manawatu against the touring MCC in 1929-30, the English players Frank Woolley and K. S. Duleepsinhji singled him out as the best bowler in New Zealand.[2]
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[3] and made 84 runs at 28.00,[4] 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.[5] He did well in the early games, but was reckoned by Wisden to have been inconsistent.[6] His one Test match came in the Second Test at Manchester, where he replaced the injured Alby Roberts.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] On the tour as a whole he took 59 first-class wickets at an average of 23.94.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12] In 2011 he was selected in the Hawke Cup Team of the Century.[13]
Death
Gallichan died in Taupo in 1969 and was buried at Taupo Public Cemetery.[14]
References
- ^ New Zealand Truth, 13 November 1930, p. 16.
- ^ "Cricket notes: N. Gallichan's career". Manawatu Standard: 7. 31 March 1937.
- ^ 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. 192–196.
- ^ "New Zealanders in England in 1937". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1938 ed.). Wisden. pp. 224–226.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.