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References
- ↑ "Western Province v Natal 1962-63". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ↑ Wisden 1966, pp. 799–800.
- 1 2 Norman Preston, "South Africans in England, 1965", Wisden 1966, pp. 298–323.