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- ↑ Wisden 1958, p. 291.
- ↑ Wisden 1958, p. 666.
- ↑ Wisden 1958, p. 675–76.
- ↑ Michael's Chronicle Archived 21 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine , June 1958.