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- ↑ "Roderick Wins: But Hawkins Gives Him His Hardest Fight" . Western Morning News. 30 May 1945. Retrieved 4 January 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ↑ "Vince Hawkins Fails: Bos Murphy Wins Empire Title" . Western Morning News. 27 January 1948. Retrieved 4 January 2015– via British Newspaper Archive.
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