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- ↑ Wisden 1962, p. 690.
- ↑ Wisden 1963, p. 713.
- ↑ Duncan Worsley batting by team
- ↑ Lancashire v Surrey 1964
- ↑ Wisden 1963, p. 104.
- ↑ Wisden 1967, p. 460.
- ↑ Wisden 1968, p. 465.
- ↑ Bolton League Cricket Legends – Duncan Worsley Retrieved 1 October 2014.