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- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Mike Hobbiss" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Oxford University v Cambridge University, 2006" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Attention and the Classroom with Michael Hobbiss". www.learningscientists.org. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
