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- ↑ "Northern Districts v New Zealand Under-23s". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Most Wickets in an Innings for Northern Districts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 May 2009.
- ↑ "Northern Districts v Canterbury 1962-63". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ↑ "Central Districts v Otago 1964-65". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- ↑ Hawke Cup matches played by Gren Alabaster
- ↑ Hawke Cup Centennial cricket team named Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- 1 2 Edwards, Brent (11 January 2011). "Cricket: Brothers sultans of spin". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ↑ School of Physical Education, University of Otago, Alumni newsletter 2009