Dave Gallop

David Langton Gallop QSM (born 10 September 1937) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1956 to 1966 and was later a cricket administrator.

Dave Gallop
Personal information
Full nameDavid Langton Gallop
Born (1937-09-10) 10 September 1937
Christchurch, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956–57 to 1965–66Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 24
Runs scored 803
Batting average 20.58
100s/50s 1/5
Top score 124
Balls bowled 2156
Wickets 27
Bowling average 35.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/27
Catches/stumpings 16/0
Source: Cricinfo, 12 November 2018

Playing career

Dave Gallop was a middle-order batsman and leg-spin bowler. His best season with the ball was 1956-57, when he took 11 first-class wickets at an average of 32.09,[1] although he took his best figures of 3 for 27 in 1962-63 against Northern Districts.[2]

His best season with the bat was 1961-62, when he made 324 runs in the Plunket Shield and finished sixth in the competition aggregates.[3] He began the season by top-scoring in each innings with 89 and 53 against Auckland.[4] His only century came in 1965-66, also against Auckland, when he went to the wicket in the first innings with the score at 23 for 5 and made 124; Canterbury eventually won the close match by two wickets.[5]

Gallop was one of a number of leg-spinners given a trial in advance of New Zealand's tour of India, Pakistan and England in 1965 but he was not selected for the tour, and played no more major cricket after the 1965-66 season.[6][7]

Administrative career

He has been a stalwart as a player and administrator for the Sydenham club in senior Christchurch cricket for most of his life. He played 235 matches for Sydenham, making 7000 runs and taking 532 wickets.[8] He has held most administrative positions with the club, as well as standing as its guarantor at one stage during a period of financial uncertainty. He also served as treasurer of the Canterbury Cricket Association from 1977 until his retirement in 1988, when he was awarded life membership.[8]

In June 2001 he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service.[9] In 2016 he was inducted into Canterbury Cricket's "Red and Black Club" in recognition of his outstanding service to cricket in Canterbury.[10]

References
  1. "David Gallop bowling by season". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  2. "Northern Districts v Canterbury 1962-63". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. "Batting and fielding in Plunket Shield 1961-62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  4. "Canterbury v Auckland 1961-62". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  5. "Canterbury v Auckland 1965-66". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  6. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, p. 338.
  7. "David Gallop". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  8. "Dave Gallop". Sydenham Cricket Club. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  9. "The New Zealand Queen's Birthday Honours 2001". Scoop. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  10. "Red and Black Club". Canterbury Cricket. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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