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- ↑ "Teams Peter Ellis played for" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Ellis" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1953" . Retrieved 22 December 2018.