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Full name | David Langton Gallop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 10 September 1937||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956–57 to 1965–66 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,12 November 2018 |
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.
Gallop attended Christchurch Boys' High School. [1] He 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, [2] although he took his best figures of 3 for 27 in 1962–63 against Northern Districts. [3]
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. [4] He began the season by top-scoring in each innings with 89 and 53 against Auckland. [5] 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. [6]
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. [7] [8]
Gallop 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. [9] 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. [9]
In June 2001 he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for community service. [10] In 2016 he was inducted into Canterbury Cricket's "Red and Black Club" in recognition of his outstanding service to cricket in Canterbury. [11]
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