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- 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Haslett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Frederick Haslett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Sussex, 1841". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 January 2012.