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- ↑ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 597–598. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ↑ Edward Winter, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-08-16. (subscription required)
- ↑ Haygarth A (1862) Scores & Biographies, vol. 1 (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
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