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- 1 2 David Foot (22 February 1986). Sunshine, Sixes and Cider: A History of Somerset Cricket (1986 ed.). David and Charles. p. 93. ISBN 0-7153-8890-8.
- ↑ "Argentina v Brazil" . www.cricketarchive.com. 7 January 1922. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ↑ "Somerset v Sussex" . www.cricketarchive.com. 19 July 1924. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ↑ "Somerset in 1924". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1925 ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 243.
- ↑ "Somerset v Hampshire" . www.cricketarchive.com. 12 July 1924. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ↑ "Surrey v Somerset" . www.cricketarchive.com. 4 July 1928. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
- ↑ "Humphrey Critchley-Salmonson" . www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 1 December 2008.