Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

1984 This was Underwood’s outstanding season with the bat. Not only did he score more runs in a season than in any other in his career, at an average of over 20, but he also made the first and only century of his career against Sussex at Hastings, the ground on which 20 years earlier he had achieved the best innings bowling figures of his career with 9 for 28. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 581. Kent v Gloucestershire, Bristol, April 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) did not bat - 412-7d 27 14 25 2 C.W.J.Athey b 204 2 D.A.Graveney b 33 7 74 4 A.W.Stovold c G.W.Johnson 334-4 1 P.W.Romaines c C.S.Cowdrey C.W.J.Athey b P.Bainbridge c and b 582. Kent v Essex, Canterbury, May 2, 3, 4 (Kent won by three wickets) not out 6 183 11 4 28 1 D.R.Pringle lbw 202 did not bat - 136-7 - - - - 113 583. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b P.J.W.Allott 20 296 15 10 14 1 G.Fowler b 96-2d did not bat - 75-0d 26 15 33 3 S.J.O’Shaughnessy c S.N.V.Waterton 166-9 D.P.Hughes c S.N.V.Waterton S.T.Jefferies b 584. Kent v Hampshire, Canterbury, May 26, (28), 29 (Kent won by 123 runs) did not bat - 179-4d 1st innings forfeited 2nd innings forfeited 11.2 2 21 7 V.P.Terry c G.W.Johnson 56 C.L.Smith c T.M.Alderman M.C.J.Nicholas c C.J.Tavaré T.E.Jesty c T.M.Alderman N.E.J.Pocock lbw R.J.Parks c G.W.Johnson S.J.W.Andrew c R.A.Woolmer 585. Kent v Middlesex, Dartford, May 30, 31, June 1 (Kent won by seven wickets) b N.F.Williams 0 188 32 14 49 2 W.N.Slack b 310 C.T.Radley c R.M.Ellison did not bat - 253-3 15 7 41 2 R.O.Butcher c R.A.Woolmer 129-6d C.T.Radley lbw 586. Kent v Gloucestershire, Canterbury, June 2, 4, 5 (Gloucestershire won by four wickets) b D.V.Lawrence 36 175 1 1 0 0 130 1 b P.J.Sainsbury 7 70 3 1 6 0 116-6 587. Kent v Yorkshire, Tunbridge Wells, June 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c G.Boycott b S.D.Fletcher 16 277 26 17 27 4 G.Boycott b 297 P.Carrick c T.M.Alderman A.Sidebottom c sub G.B.Stevenson c G.W.Johnson did not bat - 121-7 20 5 41 1 R.G.Lumb c C.J.Tavaré 234-5d 588. Kent v Sussex, Tunbridge Wells, June 13, 14 (Sussex won by an innings and 1 run) b G.S.le Roux 16 114 9 4 12 2 G.D.Mendis c T.M.Alderman 257 1 I.A.Greig c K.B.S.Jarvis c I.J.Gould b A.N.Jones 2 142 589. Kent v Derbyshire, Derby, June 23, 25, 26 (Kent won by eight wickets) c W.P.Fowler b P.G.Newman 4 305 199 did not bat - 58-2 161 590. Kent v Worcestershire, Worcester, June 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) b R.K.Illingworth 12 180 35 11 95 2 M.J.Weston c C.J.Tavaré 436-6d did not bat - 303-4 T.S.Curtis c G.W.Johnson 591. Kent v Sussex, Hastings, June 30, July 2, 3 (Match tied) c D.J.Smith b C.M.Wells 6 92 2 0 14 0 143 lbw b D.A.Reeve 111 243 13 3 43 1 A.M.Green c T.M.Alderman 192 1 592. Kent v Lancashire, Maidstone, July 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) not out 26 74-1d 22 8 47 1 J.A.Ormrod b 404-4d lbw b J.Simmons 0 279-8 74