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- ↑ "Alexander Angus: International profile". Scrum.com. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ "Alexander Angus". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
- 1 2 3 Bath, p104
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19110123/110/0009 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- Sources
- Bath, Richard (ed.) The Scotland Rugby Miscellany (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ISBN 1-905326-24-6)
- Massie, Allan A Portrait of Scottish Rugby (Polygon, Edinburgh; ISBN 0-904919-84-6)
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