George Underdown

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = George Underdown

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|5|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Petersfield, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1895|5|29|1859|5|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Petersfield, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

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| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Unknown

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1881–1885

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 231

| bat avg1 = 12.83

| 100s/50s1 = –/1

| top score1 = 63

| deliveries1 = 124

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 80.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/15

| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| date = 11 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22147.html Cricinfo

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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.{{cite book |title=Kelly's Directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire |date=1880 |publisher=Kelly's Directory |location=London |page=154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TCMOAAAAQAAJ |language=en}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6899/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by George Underdown|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} Across ten first-class matches, Underdown scored 231 runs at an average of 12.83, with one half century score of 63.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6899/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Underdown|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} His only first-class wicket,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6899/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by George Underdown|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2023|url-access=subscription}} that of Charles Hulse, came against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Southampton in 1885.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2960.html|title=Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1885|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 April 2023|url-access=subscription}}

Outside of cricket, Underdown was an ironmonger in Petersfield.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000069/18881027/011/0003 |title=Portsmouth Bankruptcy Court |work=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |page=3 |date=27 October 1888 |access-date=7 April 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}} He died at Petersfield in May 1895, aged 36.{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003456/18950605/034/0005 |title=Mr George Underdown |work=Hants and Sussex News |location=Petersfield |page=5 |date=5 June 1895 |access-date=7 April 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=British Newspaper Archive}}