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- 1 2 3 Muchall Moves on with Coaching Aims, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
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- ↑ Winter A (2012) Gloucestershire bring back Williamson, CricInfo, 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ↑ Simon Jones withdrawn from MCC squad, CricInfo, 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
- ↑ Gloucestershire's Paul Muchall may be out for start of season, BBC Sport, 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
