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- ↑ "Scorecard: Somerset v Nottinghamshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 13 June 1964. Retrieved 31 December 2009.
- ↑ "Obituary". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (2002 ed.). Wisden. p. 1588.