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- ↑ Jim Hubble bowling by season
- ↑ Eastern Province v Australians 1966-67
- ↑ The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 255.
- ↑ Western Australia v Victoria 1972-73
- ↑ Western Australia v Queensland 1972-73
- ↑ Western Australia v South Australia 1972-73