Editing Ted Dexter (section)

==Outside cricket==
Dexter married Susan Longfield on 2 May 1959 [https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/half-century-hurrah-at-home-ted-dexter-and-wife-return-to-roots-for-50-year-marriage-celebrations/cid/1255642]. She was the daughter of a former [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] cricketer [[Tom Longfield]], whom he met at a party at [[Cambridge University]] while still an [[undergraduate]] and decided to marry on sight.<ref name="p64, Arlott" /> She worked as a model and she joined her husband on the [[English cricket team in Australia in 1962–63|tour of Australia in 1962–63]], where she generated considerable press interest and earned more than any of the cricketers.<ref name="autogenerated274" /> [[Fred Trueman]] recalled; "Ted Dexter's wife arrived in Australia. Ted's wife was a looker and a model. She is a very lovely lady, but on hearing of her arrival, when Ted faced the press, the majority of questions posed were about his wife...during an England cricket team press conference!".<ref name="autogenerated274">Trueman, pp. 274, 227–278</ref> They had a son Thomas and a daughter Genevieve.

Dexter was a talented golfer, an amateur champion, and some believe could have achieved success in that sport if he had not chosen cricket.<ref name="p64, Arlott" /><ref>Gregory, Kenneth (1986), "Cricketers in Other Fields'', p. 640 in [[E. W. Swanton]] ed. ''The Barclays World of Cricket'', Collins</ref> In Australia in 1962–1963 he played a foursome with [[Norman Von Nida]], [[Jack Nicklaus]] and [[Gary Player]] (with [[Colin Cowdrey]] as his caddy) and they offered to take him to America to become a tournament golfer, but Dexter declined.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cowdrey |first=Colin |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16378331 |title=M.C.C. : the autobiography of a cricketer |date=1977 |publisher=Coronet |isbn=0-340-21570-4 |location=Sevenoaks |pages=235–236 |oclc=16378331 |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826072650/https://www.worldcat.org/title/mcc-the-autobiography-of-a-cricketer/oclc/16378331 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |url-status=live}}Cowdrey, Colin (1976) ''M.C.C., The Autobiography of a Cricketer'', Readers Book Club of Book Clubs. pp. 235–236. {{ISBN|0340215704}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fine Golf &#124; Ted Dexter |url=https://finegolf.co.uk/about-us/biographies/ted-dexter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301130314/https://finegolf.co.uk/about-us/biographies/ted-dexter/ |archive-date=1 March 2021 |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref> He also went on to win the [[President's Putter]] three times in his career.

Dexter owned [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] cars, [[Norton Motorcycle Company|Norton motorbikes]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2012 |title=Gus Kuhn Customers Index |url=http://www.guskuhn.net/GKMLtd/Customers/CustomerIndex.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015135904/http://www.guskuhn.net/GKMLtd/Customers/CustomerIndex.htm |archive-date=15 October 2012 |access-date=24 November 2012 |publisher=Guskuhn.net}}</ref> [[greyhounds]], [[race horse]]s and in 1970 piloted his [[Piper PA-23|Aztec BPA-23]] ''Pommies Progress'' to Australia with his family to cover [[the Ashes]] as a journalist, covering 12,000 miles and making 24 stops.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitington |first=R. S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/632821 |title=Captains outrageous? cricket in the seventies |date=1972 |publisher=Paul |isbn=0-09-112240-6 |location=London |pages=17 |oclc=632821 |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826072650/https://www.worldcat.org/title/captains-outrageous-cricket-in-the-seventies/oclc/632821 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |url-status=live}}Whitington, R.S. (1972) ''Captains outrageous?: Cricket in the seventies''. Stanley Paul. p. 17. {{ISBN|0091122406}}</ref> 

Dexter launched his own PR company, which ran for many years and briefly became a television cricket commentator, alongside Richie Benaud and Denis Compton. He wrote a weekly column on cricket for [[The Observer]], and then, more lucratively, for the [[Sunday Mirror]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Ted Dexter Obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/former-england-test-captain-ted-dexter-dies-aged-86-xtmztjh0p |work=The Times |date=27 August 2021 |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>

His fondness for [[horse racing]] exceeded even that of [[Gary Sobers]] and [[Brian Close]]. He carried a then rare [[portable television]] to watch races in cricket dressing rooms and once [[Declaration and forfeiture|declared]] a [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] innings from [[Brighton Racecourse]].

He co-wrote with Clifford Makins the crime novel ''Testkill'' (1976) where an Australian bowler is murdered during play at a Test match against England at Lord's.

In December 2012, on [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Antiques Roadshow]]'', Dexter appeared with [[Paul Atterbury]], a life-long fan. Dexter talked about his father's [[Military Cross]], which had subsequently been stolen.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Antiques Roadshow, Series 35, Wightwick Manor 1 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zjhj1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007034058/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zjhj1 |archive-date=7 October 2016 |access-date=26 August 2021 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zjhj1 Antiques Roadshow: Wightwick Manor 1, Series 35, Episode 10 of 25, broadcast 9 December 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212021657/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zjhj1 |date=12 December 2012 }}. Bbc.co.uk (1 August 2016). Retrieved on 22 May 2018.</ref>