Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

31 13 74 4 M.J.Edwards c B.W.Luckhurst 215-4 1 M.J.Stewart c M.H.Denness Younis Ahmed c B.W.Luckhurst G.R.J.Roope c and b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 17 18 6 118 32 9.83 - - 6 Other Kent match 1 - - - - - - - - Other matches 3 5 0 29 19 5.80 - - 4 Season 21 23 6 147 32 8.64 - - 10 Career 235 256 60 1655 80 8.44 - 1 96 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship 706.4 254 1696 78 7/103 21.74 7 2 Other Kent match 24.5 9 64 4 4/27 16.00 - - Other matches 119.5 44 283 7 2/35 40.43 - - Season 851.2 307 2043 89 7/103 22.95 7 2 Career 8341 3537 17278 965 9/28 17.90 67 20 1970/71 - MCC in Australia and New Zealand On the Australian leg of this tour Underwood met with limited success on true batsmen’s pitches , but in New Zealand in the First Test he achieved what remains the best ever analysis for either side in Tests between these two countries with 12-97. When he dismissed Shrimpton in the second New Zealand innings of the match he reached 1,000 wickets in first-class cricket. Only Wilfred Rhodes and George Lohmann had been younger when they had passed this milestone. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 236. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, November 6, 7, 8, 9 (Victoria won by six wickets) c I.R.Redpath b A.L.Thomson 0 142 20 3 56 1 W.J.Scholes b 304-8d 1 b A.J.Sieler 0 341 13 1 45 0 180-4 237. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, November 13, 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b K.J.O’Keeffe 3 204 27 10 57 0 410-5d did not bat - 325-1 238. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, November 21, 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) did not bat - 418-4 24.5 6 52 3 R.E.Parker c G.Boycott 360 R.G.Paulsen b A.R.Dell c B.W.Luckhurst 239. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, November 27, 28, 29, December 1, 2 (Match drawn) not out 2 464 28 6 101 3 K.D.Walters b 433 I.R.Redpath c R.Illingworth A.P.Sheahan c A.P.E.Knott did not bat - 39-1 20 10 23 1 I.R.Redpath c and b 214 1 240. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, December 18, 19, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c K.J.McCarthy b A.A.Mallett 0 238 14.4 2 47 1 B.A.Richards st R.W.Taylor 297-2d not out 13 336-8 18 1 85 0 338-7d 1 241. MCC v Tasmania, Hobart, December 23, 24, 26 (MCC won by nine wickets) did not bat - 316-4d 10 4 17 2 L.J.Menegon c and b 164 2 H.H.Allen b did not bat - 72-1 16 5 39 3 P.G.Roberts b 223 B.A.H.Palfreyman b H.H.Allen b 242. MCC v Combined XI, Launceston, December 27, (28), (29) (Match drawn) did not bat - 184-4 34