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- ↑ "FOOTBALL". Evening Journal . XXVIII (7977). South Australia. 1 June 1896. p. 3 (ONE O'CLOCK EDITION). Retrieved 19 July 2019– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL. RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON". Adelaide Observer . National Library of Australia. 19 September 1896. p. 45. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL. RETROSPECT OF THE SEASON". Adelaide Observer . National Library of Australia. 19 September 1896. p. 45. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
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