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- ↑ "Donors to the House August 2017 – July 2018" (PDF). www.chch.ox.ac.uk. p. 52. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Peter Huxford" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Huxford" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.