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- ↑ David Foot & Ivan Ponting. Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who (1993 ed.). Redcliffe Books. p. 45. ISBN 1-872971-23-7.
- ↑ "The 100 Best Shots". www.thefield.co.uk. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2010.