Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

15 4 33 4 W.G.A.Parkhouse c M.H.Denness 62-5 1 A.Jones c and b A.R.Lewis c B.W.Luckhurst P.M.Walker c D.M.Sayer 26. Kent v West Indians, Canterbury, August 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b L.A.King 11 321 29.2 10 66 5 S.M.Nurse c J.C.J.Dye 232 B.F.Butcher c D.M.Sayer F.M.M.Worrell b C.C.Griffith st A.W.Catt L.A.King c P.H.Jones not out 21 153-6d 8 1 32 0 162-5 1 27. Kent v Gloucestershire, Bristol, August 31, September (2), 3 (Gloucestershire won by 7 runs) did not bat - 108-1d 24 12 47 4 C.A.Milton c D.Nicholls 105 J.B.Mortimore c A.S.Brown D.A.Allen b B.J.Meyer c D.Nicholls not out 20 88 16 8 29 3 R.B.Nicholls c J.F.Prodger 98 C.A.Milton b D.A.Allen c D.Nicholls SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 26 28 10 178 24 9.88 - - 11 Other Kent match 1 2 1 32 21* 32.00 - - 1 Season 27 30 11 210 24 11.05 - - 12 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship 903.2 364 2036 96 6/88 21.20 2 1 Other Kent match 37.2 11 98 5 5/66 19.60 1 - Season 940.4 375 2134 101 6/88 21.12 3 1 1964 Again Underwood, still only 19 years old, took 100 wickets and during the match against the Australians was awarded his county cap. In his first match of the season he achieved his best innings analysis to this point, 7 for 97 against Yorkshire, and improved on this performance against Sussex at Hastings on a dry, dusty pitch with 9 for 28, which was to prove the best of his career. As in the previous season against the West Indians he took five wickets in an innings against the Australians, the 1964 tourists. Kent finished in seventh place in the County Championship, their most successful season since 1947. In the latter part of the season Alan Knott joined the Kent side and started his great partnership with Underwood for Kent and England. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 28. Kent v Yorkshire, Bradford, May 9, (11), 12 (Kent won by 14 runs) b D.B.Close 0 249 9 8 3 2 D.E.V.Padgett b 102-3d D.B.Close b did not bat - 67-3d 24.1 4 97 7 G.Boycott c M.C.Cowdrey 200 P.J.Sharpe c S.E.Leary R.Illingworth b D.Wilson b F.S.Trueman c S.E.Leary J.G.Binks c S.E.Leary M.Ryan b 29. Kent v Essex, Ilford, May 13, 14, 15 (Kent won by seven wickets) not out 20 193 28 13 45 1 G.Barker c S.E.Leary 209 did not bat - 224-3 15 10 34 0 205-5d 30. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, May 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) did not bat - 406-5d 21 3 60 0 278 did not bat - 98-0d 13 7 25 0 181-7 9