Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football, Golf & Sporting Memorabilia

Derek Leslie Underwood. Kent & England 1963-1987. Two cricket coffins, one in brown decorated in M.C.C./ England colours with ‘D. Underwood M.C.C. Team’ stencilled to lid. Luggage identity tag attached to handle with Underwood’s name ‘c/o International Wanderers’. Airline labels applied for tours to New Zealand, Adelaide (Australia), and Durban (South Africa) etc. The other coffin with stencilled title ‘Derek Underwood. Kent C.C.C.’ and County Invicta emblem to lid. Contains a collection of boots, bats, pads etc. used by Underwood, some most likely after his retirement from first-class cricket. Both coffins with some wear and ageing, otherwise in good condition. Also two travel holdalls, both for M.C.C./ England tours with Underwood’s initials ‘D.L.U.’, including one for the 1981/82 tour to India and Sri Lanka on which he played in his final Test match. Good condition. Sold with a handwritten note of provenance signed by his daughter, dated 2021. Qty 4.