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- ↑ Partidge, Heydenrych & Sichel, p. 220.
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- Partidge, T., Heydenrych, F. & Sichel, P. (ed.) (1987) The 1987 Protea Cricket Annual of South Africa, South African Cricket Union: Cape Town.
