Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

1969/70 - Cavaliers’ XI in the West Indies With no England tour scheduled for 1969/70 Underwood went to the West Indies with the Rothman’s Cavaliers. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 211. Cavaliers’ XI v Jamaica, Kingston, February 7, 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) lbw b W.G.Dowe 37 273 28 14 39 3 L.G.Rowe lbw 336-9d E.D.A.St J.McMorris b C.Folkes c G.S.Sobers did not bat - 211-6 33 14 70 0 256-4d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other match 1 1 0 37 37 37.00 - - - Career 211 229 54 1499 80 8.56 - 1 85 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other match 61 28 109 3 3/39 36.33 - - Career 7404.4 3196 15069 868 9/28 17.36 60 18 1969/70 - Duke of Norfolk’s XI in the West Indies Following the Cavaliers’ tour, Underwood returned to the West Indies as part of the Duke of Norfolk’s XI. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 212. Duke of Norfolk’s XI v Windward Islands, St Lucia, February 27, 28, March (1) (Match drawn) c I.T.Shillingford b D.Defoe 0 220 18 10 19 3 I.T.Shillingford lbw 193 1 H.H.Nedd lbw L.Lamothe c M.C.Cowdrey did not bat - 116-1 213. Duke of Norfolk’s XI v Trinidad, Port-of-Spain, March 6, 7, 8, 9 (Trinidad won by eight wickets) b Inshan Ali 4 150 23 7 51 1 M.C.Carew lbw 252 lbw b H.Ramoutar 0 297 18 8 40 1 M.C.Carew b 199-2 214. Duke of Norfolk’s XI v Barbados, Bridgetown, March 14, 15, 16 (Duke of Norfolk’s XI won by an innings and 52 runs) c C.L.King b L.E.Maxwell 5 452 21 7 43 3 M.Yarde c M.J.Edwards 208 T.D.A.Campbell c A.W.Greig D.A.J.Holford c P.J.Sharpe 5 2 13 0 192 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 3 4 0 9 5 2.25 - - 1 Career 214 233 54 1508 80 8.42 - 1 86 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches 85 34 166 8 3/19 20.75 - - Career 7489.4 3230 15235 876 9/28 17.39 60 18 1970 Kent won the County Championship for the first time in 57 years despite no fewer than five players making eighteen appearances for England against the Rest of the World. Underwood was again 31