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- ↑ "SOCCER TEST MATCH". Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate . No. 14, 487. New South Wales, Australia. 30 June 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 13 June 2023– via National Library of Australia.
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- ↑ "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia . ozfootball.net. Retrieved 23 June 2009.