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- ↑ South Coast Register – Test cricketer backs Matthews, 2 June 2009
- ↑ Cricket Archive – Australian Schoolboys in West Indies 1969/70, archived from the original on 20 June 2009, retrieved 9 September 2017
- ↑ Cricinfo – Australia v New Zealand, Melbourne 1974 Scorecard
- ↑ Cricket Archive – Sheffield Shield Batting Averages 1973/74
- ↑ Cricket Archive New Zealand v Australia 1st ODI 1974
- ↑ Cricket Archive – NSW v MCC 1975 Scorecard
- ↑ Cricinfo – 1977 Centenary Test Match Scorecard
- ↑ Kay, Oliver, The Times – Caught in Time: Australia Tour of England 1977, London[ dead link ]
- ↑ Fox Sports – The Packer Revolution, 17 July 2023
- ↑ BBC Sport Jonathan Agnew column, BBC News, 27 December 2005, retrieved 5 January 2010
- ↑ Wisden (1980) The Packer Years, 27 December 2005
- ↑ Cricinfo – World Series Cricket Stats
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