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- ↑ Glamorgan Second XI v Gloucestershire Second XI in 2006 CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2009
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- ↑ "David Burton & Robbie Williams sign contracts with Middlesex". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2009.
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