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- ↑ R C Lehmann "The Complete Oarsman"
- ↑ Wingfield Sculls Record of Races
- ↑ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939
- ↑ E D Brickwood Boat Racing or The Arts of Rowing and Training 1876
- ↑ Sport, ancient and modern: Pastimes, A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2: General; Ashford, East Bedfont with Hatton, Feltham, Hampton with Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton (1911), pp. 283-292. Date accessed: 25 February 2010