- Derek Semmence
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Personal information Full name Derek John Semmence Born 20 April 1938
Worthing, Sussex, EnglandNickname Semmo Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium Domestic team information Years Team 1976 Cambridgeshire 1973–1974 Northumberland 1967–1968 Sussex 1964–1966 Devon 1962 Essex 1957–1958 Combined Services 1956–1959 Sussex Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 39 Runs scored 890 Batting average 14.59 100s/50s 1/2 Top score 108 Balls bowled 156 Wickets 1 Bowling average 123.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/43 Catches/stumpings 24/– Source: Cricinfo, 19 April 2011 Derek John Semmence (born 20 April 1938) is a former English cricketer. Semmence was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Worthing, Sussex.
Semmence made his first-class debut for Sussex against Warwickshire in the 1956 County Championship. He played first-class cricket for Sussex until 1959.[1] 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.[1] Having last played first-class cricket in 1958, Semmence made a single first-class appearance for Essex in 1962 against Oxford University.[2]
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.[3] Semmence returned to Sussex in 1967, playing six first-class matches for the county from 1967 to 1968.[1] 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[4] against Nottinghamshire in his debut 1956 season.[5] 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.[3] He played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cambridgeshire in 1976 against Bedfordshire.[3] Semmence is the current president of Worthing Cricket Club[6] and has previously coached youth cricket for Rajasthan in India.[7]
References
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Derek Semmence". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5293/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Oxford University v Essex, 1962". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/25/25520.html. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ a b c "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Derek Semmence". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5293/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Derek Semmence". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5293/f_Batting_by_Team.html. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Nottinghamshire v Sussex, 1956 County Championship". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22114.html. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Profile: Derek Semmence". www.worthingcc.com. http://www.worthingcc.com/Player_Profile_-_Derek_Semmence. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "Semmence to coach Rajasthan's junior teams". www.sports.ndtv.com. http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/item/21114-semmence-to-coach-rajasthans-junior-teams?tmpl=component&print=1. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
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