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- ↑ "2017 League Rules & Playing Conditions + T20 K.O. Rules". BDCA Play Cricket. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
- ↑ "Bristol & District Cricket League's criteria for the assimilation of WEPL teams 2016" (PDF). Somerset Cricket Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
