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- ↑ "Northern Districts v Canterbury 1968-69" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "Northern Districts v Auckland 1977-78" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ "Nelson v Northland 1982-83" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ↑ Johnsen, Andrew (9 December 2017). "Parlane brings up deserved century for Northland". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2 February 2020.