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- ↑ "Bruce Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ Wisden 1968, pp. 903–5.
- ↑ "Victoria in Lead". Canberra Times: 14. 6 January 1969.
- ↑ "Victoria Premier Cricket Matches played by Bruce Thomas". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ↑ Kingston Hawthorn Cricket Club Annual & Financial Report, 2018–19, p. 24.
