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- ↑ "Grass track races" . Western Gazette. 22 May 1936. Retrieved 2 March 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ↑ "Motor Cycling" . Daily Mirror. 27 July 1950. Retrieved 2 March 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Matchams Park Stadium" . Western Gazette. 25 August 1950. Retrieved 2 March 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 129. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
