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- ↑ "WELSH JUNIOR CUP. I - 1892-12-31 - Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register". Welsh Newspapers. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ "Wales player database 1872 to 2013". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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