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- 1 2 3 4 Encyclopedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, SportsBooks publishing, 2007
- ↑ Howard Parkes at CricketArchive
- ↑ Edward Barrett at CricketArchive
- ↑ John Mayhew at CricketArchive
- ↑ Robert Melsome at CricketArchive
- ↑ Livingstone Walker at CricketArchive
- ↑ Leslie Crockwell at CricketArchive