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- 1 2 Cricket Australia Profiles - Stuart Karppinen Archived 9 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine - cricket.com.au. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ Graduates of the Australian Institute of Sport Archived 22 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine - Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ List A bowling for each team by Stuart Karppinen - CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ Western Australia vs South Australia, 12 January 2000, at the WACA Ground - CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ Western Australia vs Victoria, 4–6 January 2001, at the WACA Ground - CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ First-class matches played by Stuart Karppinen - CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 June 2011.