Derek Semmence, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetDerek Semmence
English cricketer
Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1938
Place of Birth: Worthing, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Derek Semmence
- 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.
- 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.
- Having last played first-class cricket in 1958, Semmence made a single first-class appearance for Essex in 1962 against Oxford University.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.
- Semmence returned to Sussex in 1967, playing six first-class matches for the county from 1967 to 1968.
- 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 against Nottinghamshire in his debut 1956 season.
- 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.
- He played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cambridgeshire in 1976 against Bedfordshire.
- Semmence is the current president of Worthing Cricket Club and has previously coached youth cricket for Rajasthan in India.
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