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- ↑ "Personal matters". Evening Post. 27 May 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ Wood, G.A. "Holyoake, Keith Jacka". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- Ranfurly Shield at scrum.co.nz
- Lindsay Knight, The Shield: A Century of the Ranfurly Shield, Celebrity Books (2002) ISBN 1877252131 ISBN 978-1877252136
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