 Van der Gucht was quickly out of the team, though he continued to play for a brief period in the Second XI.His final first-class appearance, for Durham UCCE, ended in a draw, in which van der Gucht batted soundly, though his form with the bat was not to be matched by his performance with the ball, taking one wicket at a heavy run-per-over rate.Van der Gucht retired from all forms of cricket in 2003 having failed to fully recover from a serious traffic collision two years previously in which he broke both his legs.