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- ↑ "Player profile: Daniel King" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Daniel King" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ↑ "Oxford University v Cambridge University, 2010" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Daniel King" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
- ↑ Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture. Oxford Classical Monographs. Oxford University Press. 16 January 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-881051-3 . Retrieved 28 July 2020.