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- ↑ Frost, p. 381
- ↑ "Team Failed to Arrive: Baseball Wait at Bradford". Bradford Observer. 30 August 1937. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Hull 'M' Men v Thornbury Trojans". Hull Daily Mail. 21 August 1937. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Hull Team v Greenfield Giants". Hull Daily Mail. 24 June 1938. p. 13 – via British Neewspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Baseball Draw". Halifax Evening Courier. 13 May 1938. p. 7 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Their Visit to Liverpool". Leeds Mercury. 14 May 1938. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Baseball at the Shay". Bradford Observer. 11 May 1939. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Roses Clash at the Shay". Halifax Evening Courier. 27 May 1939. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Who's Who in Inter-County Baseball Battle". Liverpool Evening Standards. 26 July 1939. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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