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- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Petworth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Petworth v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1844". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Petworth v Hampshire, 1845". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Petworth Park Cricket Club". www.petworth.play-cricket.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.