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- ↑ "Middlesex in Zimbabwe 1980/81". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding in South Africa for 1982/83". CricketArchive.
- ↑ "Player Oracle - Robert Bentley". CricketArchive.