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- 1 2 3 "OE wins Oxford cricket Blue". Epsom College. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Tom Williams" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ↑ "Cambridge University v Oxford University, 2013" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
