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References
- ↑ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names – A. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
- ↑ "Hull&Proud Results". Archived from the original on 7 March 2011.
- ↑ J C Lindley with personal recollections by D W Armitage (1973). 100 Years of Rugby - The History of Wakefield Trinity Football Club. The Wakefield Trinity Centenary Committee. pp. 37 and 38.
- ↑ Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League. No.7, 1901–02. League Publications. p. 8.