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- ↑ CWGC Dodds
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- ↑ CWGC – Hodges
- ↑ CWGC – Inglis
- ↑ CWGC – Kendall
- ↑ King – CWGC entry
- ↑ "Ronald Lagden". The Rugby History Society.
- ↑ CWGC – Lambert
- ↑ CWGC – Maynard
- ↑ CWGC – Nanson
- ↑ CWGC – Oakeley
- ↑ CWGC – Pillman
- ↑ "John Raphael". Cricinfo.
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- ↑ CWGC – Watson
- ↑ CWGC – Black
- ↑ CWGC – Booth
- ↑ CWGC – Cooke
- ↑ CWGC – Davies
- ↑ CWGC – Marshall
- ↑ "Captain JOHN SELWYN MOLL" . Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ↑ CWGC – Parsons
- ↑ CWGC – Rew
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- Starmer-Smith, Nigel (ed) Rugby – A Way of Life, An Illustrated History of Rugby (Lennard Books, 1986 ISBN 0-7126-2662-X)
