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- ↑ "1st Test, Sydney, Dec 19 - 27 1924, England tour of Australia". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ↑ "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald: 8. 23 May 1933. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
