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- ↑ "Cricket: Ashburton". Lyttelton Times: 2. 22 September 1877.
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- 1 2 "About". Mid Canterbury Cricket Association. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ↑ "Ashburton County v Australians 1920-21" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ↑ "Hawke Cup Matches played by Ashburton County" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ↑ "Northland v Mid Canterbury 2003-04" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ↑ "Home". Mid Canterbury Cricket. Retrieved 16 July 2022.