Derek John Seth-Smith (11 August 1920 – 24 June 1964) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Derek John Seth-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 August 1920 Church Crookham, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 June 1964 (aged 43) Chelsea, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born at Church Crookham, Seth-Smith was the son of the Berkshire minor counties cricketer Keith Seth-Smith.[1] He served during World War II in the Royal Hampshire Regiment as a second lieutenant.[2] He married Jean Halcro Erskine-Hill, the daughter of Alexander Erskine-Hill, on 16 September 1950.[1] In that same year he appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at Oxford.[3] He bowled six wicketless overs with his right-arm fast-medium bowling in Oxford's first-innings, while with the bat he was dismissed without scoring by Anthony Jessup in the Free Foresters first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 3 runs.[4] He died at Chelsea in June 1964.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Derek John Seth Smith". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "No. 35091". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 March 1941. p. 1281.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Derek Seth-Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Oxford University v Free Foresters, 1950". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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