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- ↑ Davis, Pat (1983). Guinness Book of Badminton, page 86. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-271-X.
- ↑ ""Recovery in final." Times, 11 Dec. 1967, p. 13". Times Digital Archive.