Norman Gallichan

Norman Gallichan
Personal information
Full name Norman Gallichan
Born (1906-06-03)3 June 1906
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died 25 March 1969(1969-03-25) (aged 62)
Taupo, New Zealand
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 33) 24 July 1937 v England
Last Test 27 July 1937 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1929/301938/39 Wellington
Career statistics
Competition Tests 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: CricketArchive, 23 June 2009

Norman Gallichan (3 June 1906 – 25 March 1969) was a cricketer who played for Wellington and New Zealand.

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 second-class Hawke Cup competition, appearing irregularly 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. He did well in the early games, but was reckoned by Wisden to have been inconsistent.[4] 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; 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. On the tour as a whole he took 59 first-class wickets at an average of 23.94.[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 tour.

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.[7]

Gallichan died in Taupo in 1969 and was buried at Taupo Public Cemetery.[8]

References

  1. New Zealand Truth, 13 November 1930, p. 16.
  2. Plunket Shield bowling 1936-37
  3. Plunket Shield batting 1936-37
  4. "New Zealanders in England in 1937". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1938 ed.). Wisden. pp. 192196.
  5. New Zealanders in British Isles 1937 bowling
  6. "New Zealanders in England in 1937". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1938 ed.). Wisden. pp. 224226.
  7. "Obituaries, 1969". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1970 ed.). Wisden. p. 1021.
  8. "Deceased details". Taupo District Council. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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