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- ↑ Firth (1926)
- ↑ First-Class Matches played on Barker's Ground
- ↑ Other matches played on Barker's Ground
- ↑ Firth, J. R. (1926) Highways and Byways in Leicestershire. London: Macmillan; p. 45
