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- ↑ "Transvaal v Eastern Province 1968-69". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ↑ "Transvaal v Eastern Province 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ↑ Wisden 1971, p. 141.
- ↑ "Transvaal B v Border 1975-76". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2015.