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- ↑ "Amateur Athletic Club" . The Sportsman. 16 April 1867. Retrieved 19 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Pedestrianism" . London Evening Standard. 16 April 1867. Retrieved 19 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Athletic Sports" . Field. 20 April 1867. Retrieved 19 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 July 2024.