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- ↑ "Lightweights at N.S.C." . Western Daily Press. 6 December 1927. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "News item" . Hull Daily Mail. 24 August 1928. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Boxing: Rice Knocked Out" . Gloucester Journal. 22 September 1928. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Ernie Rice Well Beaten: Sam Steward's K.O. Win in Twelfth Round" . Dundee Courier. 18 September 1928. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scene at the N.S.C." . Hull Daily Mail. 13 November 1928. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scene at the N.S.C.: Steward and Vinez in a Draw" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 13 November 1928. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Light-Weight Champion Wins" . Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 18 December 1928. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Minor Bouts" . Derby Daily Telegraph. 1 February 1929. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "British Champion Unconvincing" . Dundee Evening Telegraph. 3 May 1929. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "George Rose Fight Deadlock" . Western Daily Press. 25 February 1930. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "B.B.B.C. Eliminate Steward" . Dundee Courier. 10 March 1930. Retrieved 15 August 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
