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- ↑ "Players - Nash, John". www.redlegsmuseum.com.au.
- ↑ Blundell, "One Out Of Eight", Cricketer, Newspress PTY LTD, March 1981, p. 47.
- ↑ ""Jay Nash profile - cricket player". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
