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- ↑ "North-Eastern Transvaal v New Zealanders 1953-54". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ R.T. Brittenden, Silver Fern on the Veld, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1954, pp. 99–100.
- ↑ "North-Eastern Transvaal v Griqualand West 1954-55". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ "Northern Rhodesia v Australians 1957-58". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 June 2018.