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- ↑ "History of the Prospect Cricket Club". www.prospectcricketclub.org.au. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
- ↑ "Origins of the North Adelaide Cricket Club". www.prospectcricketclub.org.au. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
- ↑ "History of the PDCC". www.prospectcricketclub.org.au. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
