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- ↑ Wisden 1957, p. 829.
- ↑ New Zealand v West Indies, Auckland 1955-56
- ↑ Jamaica v Duke of Norfolk's XI 1956-57
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- ↑ Dewdney reflects on Collie Smith's life Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 May 2013
- ↑ "Three West Indian Cricketers Hurt" . The Times. No. 54559. 7 September 1959. Retrieved 27 August 2024– via The Times Digital Archive.