Famous Cricketers No 85 - Derek Underwood

c and b J.F.Steele 5 350-9d 23 6 61 4 J.A.Hopkins b 209-9 Younis Ahmed b J.Derrick b W.W.Davis b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 24 33 9 498 111 20.75 1 - 11 Career 604 639 177 4630 111 10.02 1 2 249 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Championship 676.4 251 1511 77 8/87 19.62 2 1 Career (6-ball) 20048.5 7968 } 45525 2301 9/28 19.78 150 46 (8-ball) 883.1 228 1985 Although passing the age of forty during the year, Underwood for the fifteenth time was Kent’s leading wicket-taker. Against Hampshire at Folkestone he scored 4 not out with C.S.Cowdrey to add 62 for the tenth Kent wicket, a record for the Folkestone ground. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 605. Kent v Hampshire, Southampton, April 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c K.D.James b T.M.Tremlett 5 232 31 15 41 2 D.R.Turner c C.S.Cowdrey 308-8d N.G.Cowley c G.W.Johnson did not bat - 344-2d 6 1 28 0 267-3 606. Kent v Surrey, Canterbury, May 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) not out 16 336 16 3 57 0 445-9d not out 4 282-8d 607. Kent v Middlesex, Lords, May 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c W.N.Slack b P.H.Edmonds 0 237 14 7 43 3 R.O.Butcher c S.G.Hinks 303-6d 1 C.T.Radley c and b P.R.Downton c C.Penn did not bat - 124-1 7 0 35 0 257-6d 608. MCC v Australians, Lord’s, May 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) did not bat - 291-2d 27 4 93 1 A.R.Border b 377-6d 4 3 3 0 223-3 609. Kent v Worcestershire, Canterbury, June 1, 3, 4 (Worcestershire won by seven wickets) c D.M.Smith b R.K.Illingworth 7 189 34 12 75 2 P.A.Neale c C.S.Cowdrey 204 Kapil Dev c N.R.Taylor not out 13 146 19 8 29 1 T.S.Curtis c A.P.E.Knott 132-3 610. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Tunbridge Wells, June 8, 10, 11 (Nottinghamshire won by four wickets) not out 3 163 7 0 23 0 198 lbw b K.Saxelby 0 191 2 2 0 0 157-6 611. Kent v Gloucestershire, Tunbridge Wells, June 12, 13, 14 (Gloucestershire won by 59 runs) c C.W.J.Athey b K.M.Curran 2 144 4 1 18 0 204 1 c P.Bainbridge b D.V.Lawrence 11 200 1 0 1 0 199 612. Kent v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) lbw b R.J.Hadlee 13 258 7.4 1 33 0 252-5d did not bat - 322-5d 5 0 25 1 C.E.B.Rice c E.A.E.Baptiste 159-1 613. Kent v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 22, 24, 25 (Kent won by 25 runs) run out 6 303 35 15 55 4 D.W.Varey c S.G.Hinks 261-8d D.P.Hughes st A.P.E.Knott C.Maynard c A.P.E.Knott I.Folley b did not bat - 217-5d 20 2 93 2 J.Abrahams b 234 P.J.W.Allott c C.S.Cowdrey 76