Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

1981 On the morning of September 1st against Hampshire at Bournemouth Johnson caught Turner to give Underwood his 2000th first-class wicket. He became the 32nd bowler to achieve this feat and joined Colin Blythe, ‘Titch’ Freeman, Frank Woolley and Doug Wright as the only Kent bowlers to have done so. A month earlier against the same county at Canterbury he made only the second fifty of his career and shared a ninth-wicket stand of 108 with Richard Ellison, still the highest for this wicket for the county against Hampshire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 498. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Canterbury, May 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) not out 9 250-8d 17 6 15 1 B.N.French b 293-7d not out 1 192-9 25 7 51 2 D.W.Randall c C.J.C.Rowe 198-6d 1 B.N.French b 499. Kent v Warwickshire, Nuneaton, May 13, 14, 15 (Warwickshire won by four wickets) did not bat - 323-6d 18 7 37 1 G.W.Humpage c G.R.Dilley 217-7d did not bat - 218-2d 23 2 88 1 T.A.Lloyd b 325-6 500. Kent v Glamorgan, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, May (23), (25), 26 (Match drawn) did not bat - 44-5 501. Kent v Yorkshire, Dartford, May 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) did not bat - 200-6d 13 4 49 0 164-5d not out 0 191-6d 17 6 31 1 J.D.Love st A.P.E.Knott 112-5 502. Kent v Northamptonshire, Northampton, June 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) did not bat - 293-5d 23 7 54 2 A.J.Lamb c J.N.Shepherd 306-8d 1 R.M.Tindall c and b did not bat - 258-2d 12.3 0 53 3 A.J.Lamb b 224-7 R.M.Carter b G.Sharp c sub 503. Kent v Leicestershire, Tunbridge Wells, June 10, (11), 12 (Match drawn) 1st innings forfeited 31 15 40 2 T.J.Boon st A.P.E.Knott 308-8d 1 J.P.Agnew b did not bat - 233-7 2nd innings forfeited 504. Kent v Sussex, Tunbridge Wells, June 13, 15, 16 (Kent won by 37 runs) not out 1 250-8d 23 10 48 1 T.D.Booth-Jones b 301-5d did not bat - 270-5d 2 2 0 2 G.D.Mendis b 182 C.E.Waller b 505. Kent v Oxford University, The Parks, June 17, 18, 19 (Kent won by ten wickets) did not bat - 233-8d 23 11 43 2 K.A.Hayes c C.J.Tavaré 155 S.P.Sutcliffe c C.J.Tavaré did not bat - 107-0 27.5 17 51 4 R.G.P.Ellis c L.Potter 183 K.A.Hayes c S.N.V.Waterton N.V.H.Mallett c E.A.E.Baptiste T.J.Taylor st S.N.V.Waterton 506. Kent v Australians, Canterbury, June (27), 28, 29 (Match drawn) did not bat - 147-6d 29 12 61 2 J.Dyson c C.S.Cowdrey 283-6d G.M.Wood c A.G.E.Ealham 507. Kent v Middlesex, Maidstone, July 1, 2, 3 (Middlesex won by one wicket) not out 7 120 6 3 6 1 G.D.Barlow c N.R.Taylor 209 b S.P.Hughes 0 182 14 3 29 6 G.D.Barlow c and b 97-9 1 R.O.Butcher b K.P.Tomlins c G.W.Johnson P.H.Edmonds b P.R.Downton c N.R.Taylor M.W.W.Selvey c M.R.Benson 508. Kent v Lancashire, Maidstone, July 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) not out 10 250-8d 4 4 0 1 N.V.Radford b 203 did not bat - 123-3 31 12 44 2 G.Fowler st A.P.E.Knott 318-7d C.H.Lloyd c G.W.Johnson 509. Kent v Middlesex, Lord’s, July 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c J.D.Monteith b M.W.W.Selvey 12 284 10 4 18 2 W.N.Slack b 167 M.W.W.Selvey c sub did not bat - 67-2 20 4 54 0 367-0d 65