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- ↑ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ↑ "Wales 6 Ireland 0". Welsh International Matches. Welsh Football Data Archive. 9 February 1884. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
- ↑ Cuthbertson, Guy (25 March 2014). Wilfred Owen. ISBN 9780300153002.
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