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- ↑ "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "South Whips Sturt In Sound Opening". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 26 April 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "PORT-TORRENS IN EVEN FIGHT". The News . Adelaide. 26 April 1954. p. 22. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Second Half Turns Tide For". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 27 April 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Australian Football – SANFL Premiership season – Season 1954". australianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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