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- ↑ Club History: County Caps Archived 23 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine www.northantscricket.com. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
- ↑ Radd, Andrew (February 2001). 100 Greats: Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. Northampton: Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2195-6.