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- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by George Underdown" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Underdown" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by George Underdown" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ↑ "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1885" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ↑ "Portsmouth Bankruptcy Court" . Hampshire Telegraph. Portsmouth. 27 October 1888. p. 3. Retrieved 7 April 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Mr George Underdown" . Hants and Sussex News. Petersfield. 5 June 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 7 April 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.