‘Voice of Carisbrook’ dies

The cricket and rugby commentator Iain Gallaway, known as the Voice of Carisbrook, has died aged 98. Gallaway provided cricket commentaries for 40 years and rugby for 26, until signing off in 1992. Hewas born in Dunedin in 1922 and educated at Christ’s College and Otago University. He began his working life as a cadet reporter on the Otago Daily Times and always said he reallywanted to be a journalist but he switched to lawafter his service in the Worldwar II and became a distinguished lawyer. Hewas an officer in the Otago and New Zealand Lawsocieties. He played three first-classmatches for Otago as a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper from 1946 to 1948.