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- 1 2 3 "First-Class Matches played on Raylton Club, Bulawayo". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- 1 2 "Rhodesia v Transvaal, 1945/46". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Rhodesia v SB Joel's XI, 1924/25". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Raylton Club, Bulawayo – Centuries in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- ↑ "Rhodesia v Natal, 1946/47". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 December 2013.