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- ↑ "League speedway reaches Central Essex" . Essex Newsman. 18 March 1949. Retrieved 14 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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