[Cricket] Ted Dexter RIP

[dazzer6666]

Sad news, but a decent knock. One of our finest cricketers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58337771

 

[Is it PotG?]

Sussex and England legend, RIP.

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

Sussex captain when i first started going to Hove,
RIP Lord Ted

 

[Gwylan]

Sussex captain when i first started going to Hove,
RIP Lord Ted

Same here. A fabulous player. I remember a Gillette Cup semi at Hove played in overcast conditions where seamers had the upper hand. He scored a sizzling 60-odd and seemed to be playing on a different pitch to everyone else.
RIP Lord Ted

 

[DataPoint]

'Roy of the Rovers' player with 'Roy of the Rovers' name! One of my hero's in the great Sussex era of the early sixties.

 

[Titanic]

Great article on the Sussex Cricket Museum website:

http://sussexcricketmuseum.org/ted-dexter

 

[studio150]

One of the all time greats for Sussex RIP

 

[BLOCK F]

One of my boyhood heroes.
RIP Lord Ted.

 

[wolfie]

Sussex captain when i first started going to Hove,
RIP Lord Ted

One of the classiest batsmen I've ever seen playing live.

 

[wolfie]

Same here. A fabulous player. I remember a Gillette Cup semi at Hove played in overcast conditions where seamers had the upper hand. He scored a sizzling 60-odd and seemed to be playing on a different pitch to everyone else.
RIP Lord Ted

I think that was against Yorkshire. I can still recall him telling me and my pals to "F**k Off" when we asked him for his autograph behind the Pavilion at Hove.

 

[Nobby Nomates]

I can never hear his name without it being said in Richie Benaud's voice. "And after the break, it will be Ted Dexter".

RIP Gents

 

[Weststander]

Champagne Ted, a brilliant player, with a colourful life.

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/sporting-country-pursuits/ted-dexter-italian-born-icon-brought-dash-glamour-english-cricket-181855

I missed his playing career, but loved his later work on BBC TV in the Peter West/Benaud era.

RIP Sussex legend.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

One of the classiest batsmen I've ever seen playing live.

He was pretty classy all round! RIP Lord Ted.

 

[GT49er]

One of my boyhood heroes. It really hasn't been a good week so far, has it. RIP.

 

[severnside gull]

I can still recall him telling me and my pals to "F**k Off" when we asked him for his autograph behind the Pavilion at Hove.

Ditto that on many occasions. In the end we would ask him just to wind him up.
Contrast to the likes of Snow, Parkes and Suttle who were invariably more obliging
An all time great cricketer though.
Brings back happy memories of youthful summers

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

His name just echoes around the country ground, so big was his influence on our club.

A really sad loss and I am sure Sussex will give him and his family a fitting tribute.

 

[Luke93]

One of the creators of the Deloittes Ratings system for batsmen, which went on to become what the ICC use today to rank batsmen. A Sussex and England legend. RIP Ted.

 

[Gwylan]

I think that was against Yorkshire. I can still recall him telling me and my pals to "F**k Off" when we asked him for his autograph behind the Pavilion at Hove.

It was against Gloucestershire. I've just looked it up, he got 62 (no-one else in the match reached 50)

I have his autograph but from much later in life. I met him at Lord's and he was exceedingly affable.

 

[Barry Izbak]

Great Sussex hero RIP

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Good innings Lord Ted. Remember watching and loving both his cricket and his style (he had loads of it). Very much a CB Fry type old school chap.

RIP Ted you are and always will be a Sussex legend.

TNBA

TTF