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- ↑ "British Guiana (West Indies) Players". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
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- ↑ George Gall, CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2020. (subscription required)
- ↑ Joseph Gamble, CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 November 2020. (subscription required)
- ↑ Fenton Waddell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 November 2020. (subscription required)