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- ↑ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 23–25. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ↑ Tom Adams, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ↑ 1838–1852, Discover Gravesham, Gravesham Borough Council. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ↑ Planning application, Gravesham Borough Council, July 2007. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
- ↑ Tom Adams, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
