Norman Gallichan

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.

Norman Gallichan

Norm Gallichan in 1937
Personal information
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
International information
National side	New Zealand (1937)
Test debut (cap 33)	24 July 1937 v England
Last Test	27 July 1937 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1929/30–1938/39	Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 1 31 Runs scored 32 636 Batting average 16.00 18.17 100s/50s –/– –/3 Top score 30 62 Balls bowled 264 5559 Wickets 3 86 Bowling average 37.66 26.09 5 wickets in innings – 4 10 wickets in match – 1 Best bowling 3/99 6/46 Catches/stumpings –/– 22/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2009

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

1. New Zealand Truth, 13 November 1930, p. 16.
2. "Cricket notes: N. Gallichan's career". Manawatu Standard: 7. 31 March 1937.
3. Plunket Shield bowling 1936-37
4. Plunket Shield batting 1936-37
5. "Gallichan to join N.Z. team". Press. LXXIII (22049): 14. 24 March 1937. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
6. "New Zealanders in England in 1937". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1938 ed.). Wisden. pp. 192–196.
7. "New Zealanders in England in 1937". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1938 ed.). Wisden. pp. 224–226.
8. "Scotland v New Zealanders 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
9. "Minor Counties v New Zealanders 1937". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
10. New Zealanders in British Isles 1937 bowling
11. "Obituaries, 1969". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1970 ed.). Wisden. p. 1021.
12. "Bowling in Hawke Cup 1935-36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
13. Martin, Wayne (21 February 2017). "Nelson hold an esteemed place in annals of Hawke Cup cricket history". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
14. "Deceased details". Taupo District Council. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

External links

• Norman Gallichan at Cricket Archive
• Norman Gallichan at Cricinfo