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References
- ↑ "INTERCOLONIAL MATCH". The Age. No. 13, 193. Victoria, Australia. 14 June 1897. p. 3.
- ↑ "INTERCOLONIAL FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Vol. XXXIX, no. 12061. South Australia. 14 June 1897. p. 3.
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