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- ↑ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 21 June 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL". South Australian Register . Adelaide. 12 September 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2014– via National Library of Australia.
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