Norman Clare: Joseph Bennett. Past Masters No. 5 - (March 1983). Billiard & Snooker Herritage Collection, 1990, abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2021 (englisch).
Peter Ainsworth: The Professional Championship (February 1870) – First Contest.World Billiards, abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2021 (englisch): „This committee was selected from those deemed most likely to compete for the title and representatives from the three leading billiard table manufacturers Cox & Yemen, Burroughes & Watts and Thurston’s. John Roberts (Champion) took the chair of this committee, the other players being William Cook, Joseph Bennett, John Bennett, and Tom Morris.…“
Peter Ainsworth: The formation of the Billiards Association. World Billiards, 2021, abgerufen am 30. Dezember 2021 (englisch): „A group of players were charged with producing a set of rules which would become the standard for the game. The players involved were John Roberts Jnr (Chairman) John Roberts Sen; William Cook; Joseph Bennett; Fred Bennett…“