Derek John Semmence (20 April 1938 – 29 March 2020) was an English cricketer.[1] Semmence was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Worthing, Sussex.
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| Full name | Derek John Semmence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1938 Worthing, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 March 2020 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Semmo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1959 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957–1958 | Combined Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964–1966 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Northumberland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 April 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Semmence made his first-class cricket debut for Sussex County Cricket Club against Warwickshire in the 1956 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Sussex until 1959.[2] Semmence served in the Royal Air Force in his early years with Sussex, which in 1957 entitled him to play first-class cricket for the Combined Services, firstly against Surrey. He played two further matches for the Combined Services, one in 1957 against Worcestershire and another in 1958 against Warwickshire.[2] Having last played first-class cricket in 1958, Semmence made a single first-class appearance for Essex in 1962 against Oxford University.[3]
In 1964, he joined Devon, making his debut for the county in the 1964 Minor Counties Championship against Berkshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Devon until 1966, making nine appearances.[4] Semmence returned to Sussex in 1967, playing six first-class matches for the county from 1967 to 1968.[2] A somewhat inconsistent batsman at the first-class level, in 35 first-class matches for Sussex he scored 841 runs at a batting average of 15.57, with two half centuries and a single century high score of 108[5] against Nottinghamshire in his debut 1956 season.[6] Semmence was the youngest Sussex player to score a century for the county, a record which remains to this day.
Semmence later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Northumberland from 1973 to 1974, making 24 appearances.[4] He played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cambridgeshire in 1976 against Bedfordshire.[4] Semmence was the president of Worthing Cricket Club[7] and previously coached youth cricket for Rajasthan in India.[8]
References
edit- ^ "In memoriam: Derek Semmence". Sussex Cricket. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Derek Semmence". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Oxford University v Essex, 1962". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Derek Semmence". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Derek Semmence". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Sussex, 1956 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Profile: Derek Semmence". worthingcc.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Semmence to coach Rajasthan's junior teams". sports.ndtv.com. Retrieved 20 April 2011.