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Born | Petersfield, Hampshire, England | 12 May 1859||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 May 1895 36) Petersfield, Hampshire, England | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1881–1885 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,11 December 2009 |
George Underdown (12 May 1859 29 May 1895) was an English first-class cricketer.
Underdown was born at Petersfield in May 1859. He played his club cricket in the town for Petersfield Cricket Club,serving as its assistant-secretary by 1880. [1] As an amateur,he made his debut in first-class cricket for a United Eleven,captained by W. G. Grace,against the touring Australians at Chichester in 1882. Underdown began playing first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1883,representing the county in nine first-class matches prior to them losing first-class status at the end of the 1885 season. [2] Across ten first-class matches,Underdown scored 231 runs at an average of 12.83,with one half century score of 63. [3] His only first-class wicket, [4] that of Charles Hulse,came against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Southampton in 1885. [5]
Outside of cricket,Underdown was an ironmonger in Petersfield. [6] He died at Petersfield in May 1895,aged 36. [7]