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- ↑ "Royal Air Force Sports Ground, Uxbridge". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 December 2007.
- ↑ "Royal Air Force v Rest of England in 1922". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
- ↑ "Army v Royal Air Force in 1931". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 May 2007.
