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- ↑ "IAN LUMSDEN". ESPN UK. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19471222/070/0002.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Scotland/Players&Officials/Ian Lumsden". Scrum.com.
- ↑ "Statsguru/Player analysis/Ian Lumsden/Test matches". Scrum.com.
- ↑ "Warwickshire v Scotland 1948". CricketArchive.
