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- ↑ "Robert Wilson". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ Wisden 1958, p. 291.
- ↑ "D. R. Jardine's XI v Oxford University 1957". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
- ↑ "Miscellaneous matches played by Robert Wilson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2010.