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- ↑ "Amateur Athletic Club Champion Meeting" . Sporting Gazette. 10 April 1869. Retrieved 20 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "National Sports" . Illustrated London News. 10 April 1869. Retrieved 20 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Amateur Athletic Club Champions Meeting" . Morning Post. 5 April 1869. Retrieved 20 July 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 20 July 2024.