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1167:. 5 April 1978. p. 1 Section: Sports Section
529:on 8 August 1951. He started playing cricket for
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780:Lancashire League Matches played by Phil Carlson
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1188:"Phil Carlson remembers, and that's enough"
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1175:– via National Library of Australia.
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980:"Border, Higgs replace Cosier and Carlson"
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952:"Yallop will captain inexperienced team"
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