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- ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ↑ "Preston Speedway". Defunct Speedway. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
- ↑ "1900 – 1930". PGRF. Retrieved 16 August 2021.