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Derek John Seth-Smith (11 August 1920 – 24 June 1964) was an English first-class cricketer.

Born at Church Crookham, Seth-Smith was the son of the Berkshire minor counties cricketer Keith Seth-Smith. He served during World War II in the Royal Hampshire Regiment as a second lieutenant. He married Jean Halcro Erskine-Hill, the daughter of Alexander Erskine-Hill, on 16 September 1950. In that same year he appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at Oxford. 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. He died at Chelsea in June 1964.

References

1. ^ "Derek John Seth Smith". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
2. "No. 35091". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 March 1941. p. 1281.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Derek Seth-Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
4. "Oxford University v Free Foresters, 1950". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

External links

• Derek Seth-Smith at ESPNcricinfo

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