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- ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Army Ground" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ↑ "Combined Services v Pakistanis, Pakistan in British Isles 1954" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ↑ Willis, Joe (22 July 2015). "£25m Catterick shopping complex nearing completion". The Northern Echo . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
